Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अहं च निष्कलो भूत्वा तव मानसपंकजे । सन्निधास्यामि मा भूस्त्वं देवि मद्विरहाकुला

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca niṣkalo bhūtvā tava mānasapaṃkaje | sannidhāsyāmi mā bhūstvaṃ devi madvirahākulā

Translation

Moi aussi, devenu sans forme, je demeurerai dans le lotus de ton esprit. Ô Déesse, ne sois pas accablée par la séparation d’avec moi.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• niṣkalaḥ: partless, without divisions
• niṣkalaḥ: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhū (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having become

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• mānasapaṃkaje: in the mind-lotus
• mānasapaṃkaje: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक) + paṃkaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mānasasya paṃkaje = in the lotus of (your) mind)

• sannidhāsyāmi: I shall be present / stay near
• sannidhāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ni-dhā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratishedha (Prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• bhūḥ: be (become)
• bhūḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; निषेधेन सह (with mā: prohibitive)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• madvirahākulā: distressed by separation from me
• madvirahākulā: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-रूप ‘my’) + viraha (प्रातिपदिक) + ākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mad-virahena ākulā = distressed by separation from me)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva), inferred from following verse 'devadevena'

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala (as bāhya-antar tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender consoling moment: the deity promises to become formless and dwell in the goddess/devotee’s mind-lotus; the outer mountain fades into an inner luminous lotus-heart.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devadeva)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is not limited to physical proximity; inner remembrance becomes a living communion with Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kāñcī/Kampā narrative setting, but here the focus is on inner presence rather than a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit practice is mānasa-upāsanā (mental worship/meditation): holding the Lord in the ‘mind-lotus’.