Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

हेमालयं परित्यज्य भवानी गिरिमूर्द्धनि । संस्थिता स्कन्दमादाय देवैरिन्द्रादिभिः सह

Transliteration

hemālayaṃ parityajya bhavānī girimūrddhani | saṃsthitā skandamādāya devairindrādibhiḥ saha

Translation

Nachdem Bhavānī den Hemālaya verlassen hatte, nahm sie Skanda zu sich und wohnte auf dem Gipfel des Berges, zusammen mit den von Indra angeführten Göttern.

Word by Word

• हेमालयम्: Hemālaya (golden abode/mountain)
• हेमालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (hemasya ālayaḥ)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √त्यज् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; अर्थः—त्यक्त्वा (having left)

• भवानी: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• गिरिमूर्द्धनि: on the mountain-top
• गिरिमूर्द्धनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gireḥ mūrdhni)

• संस्थिता: stood/was stationed
• संस्थिता: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—स्थितवती (stood/was stationed)

• स्कन्दम्: Skanda
• स्कन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √दा (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; अर्थः—गृहीत्वा (having taken)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• इन्द्रादिभिः: with Indra and others
• इन्द्रादिभिः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (indra-ādi)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (postposition meaning 'with')

Speaker

Bhojarāja

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhavānī, holding child Skanda, arrives from Himālaya and takes her seat on a mountain summit; Indra and the devas gather in reverent attendance amid clouds and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī
• Skanda
• Indra
• Hemālaya (Himālaya)
• Giri (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is dynamic in Purāṇic sacred geography: the gods ‘arrive’ to consecrate peaks and tīrthas for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain summit associated with Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (and the Raivataka context), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates divine movement and establishment rather than prescribing a rite.