Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तस्य प्रीणाति भगवान्भवानीपतिरीश्वरः । स कैलासमवाप्नोति शिवेन सह मोदते

Transliteration

tasya prīṇāti bhagavānbhavānīpatirīśvaraḥ | sa kailāsamavāpnoti śivena saha modate

Translation

Le Seigneur Īśvara, époux de Bhavānī, est satisfait de lui. Il atteint Kailāsa et s’y réjouit en compagnie de Śiva.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — सर्वनाम-रूप

• प्रीणाति: pleases/satisfies
• प्रीणाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवानीपतिः: the Lord of Bhavānī (Śiva)
• भवानीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ईश्वरः: the sovereign Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — सर्वनाम-रूप

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शिवेन: with Śiva
• शिवेन: Sahakaraka (Association—तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — सहार्थक (accompaniment particle)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, the Lord of Bhavānī, is pleased; the devotee is shown ascending to snow-bright Kailāsa, rejoicing in Śiva’s presence—peaks, gaṇas, and serene radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Bhavānīpati, Īśvara)
• Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-dharma performed rightly also pleases Śiva, linking ancestral duty with liberation-oriented Śaiva grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the contextual pilgrimage setting; the verse additionally points to Kailāsa as the attained divine realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the reward: by the Mahālaya rite under discussion, Śiva is pleased and grants Kailāsa.