Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

उमया सहितो देवो विस्मयं परमं गतः । गाढमालिङ्ग्य गिरिजा देवं वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

umayā sahito devo vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | gāḍhamāliṅgya girijā devaṃ vacanamabravīt

Translation

Le Seigneur, accompagné d’Umā, fut saisi d’un profond étonnement. Girijā, serrant étroitement le Dieu dans ses bras, prononça ces paroles.

Word by Word

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ("accompanied")

• देवः: the god (Śiva)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• गतः: attained
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय ("having gone/attained")

• गाढम्: tightly
• गाढम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative): "tightly/firmly"

• आलिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• आलिङ्ग्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + लिङ्ग् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• गिरिजा: Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवम्: to the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वचनम्: words / speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Kailāsa, Śiva sits with Umā; both register astonishment at the cosmic tremor. Umā clings to Śiva in a protective embrace, her face anxious yet devoted, as the world quakes around them.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Śiva (implied as Deva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas present divine intimacy and inquiry as a doorway to revelation—questions asked in devotion lead to truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is the implied setting, revered as the abode of Śiva and Umā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Girijā’s inquiry.