Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

जघ्निवांस्तच्छिरो गृह्य पार्वत्या कृतमर्भकम् । उत्तस्थौ सगणस्तत्र महादेवस्य सन्निधौ

Transliteration

jaghnivāṃstacchiro gṛhya pārvatyā kṛtamarbhakam | uttasthau sagaṇastatra mahādevasya sannidhau

Translation

L’ayant abattu et prenant cette tête, l’enfant façonné par Pārvatī se leva là avec les gaṇas, en la présence même de Mahādeva.

Word by Word

• जघ्निवान्: having slain
• जघ्निवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘क्तवतुँ’ (past active participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having slain/one who has slain’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying ‘शिरः’)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गृह्य: having taken
• गृह्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having taken/seizing’

• पार्वत्या: by Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• कृतम्: made, fashioned
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘made’ (qualifying ‘अर्भकम्’)

• अर्भकम्: the child (little boy)
• अर्भकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्भक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• उत्तस्थौ: arose
• उत्तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘arose/stood up’

• सगणः: together with his attendants (gaṇas)
• सगणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—गणैः सह (सह-सम्बन्ध)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• महादेवस्य: of Mahādeva
• महादेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—महान् + देवः

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Gajāsura’s slaying, the elephant head is taken; Pārvatī’s fashioned child rises, now accompanied by gaṇas, standing before Mahādeva in a charged, sacred court.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Gaṇas
• Gajāsura (implied)
• Gaṇeśa (child)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is restored through Śiva’s presence, and the community of gaṇas participates in safeguarding dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the sacred landscape in which this episode is narrated; the verse focuses on the divine event rather than a named bathing-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates the transformation/raising of Pārvatī’s child in Mahādeva’s presence.