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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

श्रीमहादेव उवाच । कर्त्तव्यं जाह्नवि श्रेयः पुरो गत्वा नगात्मजाम् । अत्यर्थं मानिनी ह्येषा साम्ना च वशवर्तिनी

Transliteration

śrīmahādeva uvāca | karttavyaṃ jāhnavi śreyaḥ puro gatvā nagātmajām | atyarthaṃ māninī hyeṣā sāmnā ca vaśavartinī

Translation

Dijo Śrī Mahādeva: “Oh Jāhnavī, lo mejor será que vayas primero y te acerques a la Hija de la Montaña (Pārvatī). Ella es sumamente celosa de su honor, pero puede ser ganada con suave conciliación.”

Word by Word
śrī-mahādevaḥŚrī Mahādeva
śrī-mahādevaḥ:
Karta (Speaker/वक्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (honorific ‘Śrī’ + name)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
karttavyam(it) should be done
karttavyam:
Kriya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Root√kṛ (कृ)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)
jāhnaviO Jāhnavī
jāhnavi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootjāhnavī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
śreyaḥwhat is best, the good course
śreyaḥ:
Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘better/good’ (used as predicate/goal)
puraḥin front, ahead
puraḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpuraḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, देश/दिशावाचक (in front, beforehand)
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√gam (गम्)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having gone)
nagātmajāmthe mountain’s daughter (Pārvatī)
nagātmajām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnaga (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmajā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nagasya ātmajā = daughter of the mountain)
atyarthamexceedingly
atyartham:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatyartha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक (intensifier adverb)
māninīproud, offended
māninī:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmāninī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (proud/resentful)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (particle: indeed/for)
eṣāthis (woman), she
eṣā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
sāmnāby conciliation
sāmnā:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘conciliation/soothing words’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction: and)
vaśa-vartinīamenable, controllable
vaśa-vartinī:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vartinī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (vaśe vartinī = one who is under control)
Speaker

Śiva (Śrī Mahādeva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva instructs Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) to go ahead and gently pacify Pārvatī, emphasizing her self-respect and susceptibility to soft conciliation.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
J
Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
P
Pārvatī (Nagātmajā)

FAQs

Dharma often succeeds through humility and gentle conciliation—especially when approaching the Devī, who embodies honor and dignity.

Within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting associated with sacred Arbuda/Abu-region narratives; this verse itself is more about divine etiquette than a named tīrtha.

No external rite is prescribed; the ‘practice’ taught is sāman—pacifying speech and respectful conduct.

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