Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ब्रुवंत्याश्चापि पार्वत्या मा मेति च मुहुर्मुहुः । न्यस्ते शिरसि तद्गात्रे दैवयोगान्नराधिप

Transliteration

bruvaṃtyāścāpi pārvatyā mā meti ca muhurmuhuḥ | nyaste śirasi tadgātre daivayogānnarādhipa

Translation

Obwohl Pārvatī immer wieder sprach: „Nein, nicht so“, als der Kopf auf jenen Leib gesetzt wurde—durch das geheimnisvolle Wirken des Schicksals, o König—

Word by Word

• ब्रुवत्याः: of (her) speaking
• ब्रुवत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रू (धातु) → ब्रुवत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Emphasis (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पार्वत्या: by Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• मा: do not
• मा: Negation/Prohibition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)

• मे: of me / to me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी) एकवचन (Singular) / षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; अत्र ‘मे’ = मम (genitive) ‘of me’

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis), अव्यय

• न्यस्ते: when (it was) placed
• न्यस्ते: Kāla/Condition (Sati-saptamī)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस् (धातु) → न्यस्त (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) प्रयोगे सति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘न्यस्ते (सति)’ = when placed

• शिरसि: on the head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• तद्-गात्रे: on that body
• तद्-गात्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tasya gātram = that body)

• दैव-योगात्: due to divine fate/connection
• दैव-योगात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular); कारणे (ablative of cause)

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (narāṇām adhipaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king: narādhipa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As Pārvatī repeatedly protests ‘not that, not that,’ the head is nevertheless set upon the body; the moment is charged with inevitability—daiva-yoga at work.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine providence (daiva) can override hesitation, bringing about what is destined for cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha praise appears; the verse is part of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa mythic account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.