Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

सरस्वत्या च पितरौ देव्याश्चाऽश्वास्य दुःखितौ । आमंत्र्य हिमशैलेंद्रं ब्रह्मणं च सकेशवम्

Transliteration

sarasvatyā ca pitarau devyāścā'śvāsya duḥkhitau | āmaṃtrya himaśaileṃdraṃ brahmaṇaṃ ca sakeśavam

Translation

Sarasvatī réconforta les parents affligés de la Déesse. Puis, après avoir pris congé de l’Himālaya et de Brahmā avec Keśava (Viṣṇu), ils se préparèrent au départ.

Word by Word

• सरस्वत्या: by Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पितरौ: the two parents
• पितरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; Nominative dual

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आश्वास्य: having consoled
• आश्वास्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल; having consoled

• दुःखितौ: distressed
• दुःखितौ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; Nominative dual; विशेषण of पितरौ

• आमंत्र्य: having invited
• आमंत्र्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल; having invited/addressed

• हिमशैलेंद्रम्: Himālaya, lord of snowy mountains
• हिमशैलेंद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम-शैल-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; हिम + शैल + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• ब्रह्मणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सकेशवम्: (Brahmā) together with Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• सकेशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-केशव (प्रातिपदिक; स + केशव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; 'स' = सह (with)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (Girirāja)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī gently consoles Menā and Himālaya, who are sorrowful; nearby stand Brahmā and Keśava as witnesses; the party formally takes leave of the snow-clad mountain-king before departing.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Devī
• Devī’s parents
• Himālaya
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu (Keśava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate speech that consoles the sorrowful is dharma, even amid divine and cosmic transitions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Himālaya is referenced as a sacred mountain-lord, but no specific tīrtha is singled out in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the verse models proper conduct of taking leave (āmaṃtrya) and offering consolation.