Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

इति विज्ञापितः शंभुः पुनः कुंभजमब्रवीत् । कुंभजोद्वाहवेषं ते पार्वत्या सहितो ह्यहम्

Transliteration

iti vijñāpitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ punaḥ kuṃbhajamabravīt | kuṃbhajodvāhaveṣaṃ te pārvatyā sahito hyaham

Translation

Ainsi sollicité, Śambhu répondit de nouveau à Kumbhaja : «Ô Kumbhaja, je te montrerai assurément ma splendeur nuptiale, avec Pārvatī à mes côtés».

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyasaṃjñā (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• विज्ञापितः: having been informed
• विज्ञापितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/कालवाचक-अव्यय (again)

• कुंभजम्: to Kumbhaja
• कुंभजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुंभज: O Kumbhaja
• कुंभज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उद्वाहवेषम्: wedding attire
• उद्वाहवेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वाह (प्रातिपदिक) + वेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पार्वत्या: with Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अहम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śambhu/Pinākin)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedāraṇya (promised in subsequent verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva responds to Agastya with reassuring words, promising to show his wedding splendor together with Pārvatī—an intimate pledge of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Agastya (Kumbhaja)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace meets sincere devotion: the Lord accommodates the devotee’s yearning while dharmic work proceeds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise sets up the later localization of the divine wedding-darśana, which becomes part of the sacred geography connected with Agastya’s journey.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a boon-like assurance of darśana in a specific divine form.