Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्याराधयतो देव्यस्तुतुषुर्हायनैस्त्रिभिः । ततः प्रत्यक्षतो भूत्वा बलात्तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

tasyārādhayato devyastutuṣurhāyanaistribhiḥ | tataḥ pratyakṣato bhūtvā balāttasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

As he continued in worship, the Goddesses were satisfied within three years. Then, appearing before him in visible form, they were ready to grant power to that great-souled one.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आराधयतः: (while) worshipping
• आराधयतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like: 'while he was worshipping')
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देव्यः: the goddesses
• देव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तुतुषुः: were pleased
• तुतुषुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• हायनैः: by years
• हायनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequential adverb)

• प्रत्यक्षतः: manifestly, directly
• प्रत्यक्षतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्यक्षतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• बलात्: by force; forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (cause)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Characters & Entities

• Devīs
• Suhṛdaya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persevering devotion ripens into direct divine encounter; spiritual effort is portrayed as cumulative and transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the manifestation occurs within the chapter’s sacred setting tied to Dagdhasthalī/Guptakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continued ārādhana (propitiatory worship) over time; the verse highlights duration (three years) rather than a single rite.