Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सापि दृष्ट्वा गिरिसुतां स्नेहविक्लवमानसा । क्वपुनर्गच्छसीत्युच्चैरालिंग्योवाच देवता

Transliteration

sāpi dṛṣṭvā girisutāṃ snehaviklavamānasā | kvapunargacchasītyuccairāliṃgyovāca devatā

Translation

Voyant la fille de la Montagne, la Déesse—l’esprit bouleversé par la tendresse—l’enlaça et demanda à haute voix : «Où vas-tu donc encore ?»

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय-प्रयोग (indeclinable)

• गिरिसुताम्: the mountain’s daughter (Pārvatī)
• गिरिसुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिसुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (गिरेः सुता)

• स्नेह-विक्लव-मानसा: whose mind was overcome by affection
• स्नेह-विक्लव-मानसा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्लव (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्नेहेन विक्लवं मानसं यस्याः)

• क्व: where?
• क्व: Sambandha (Question adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: where)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक अव्यय (again)

• गच्छसि: are you going
• गच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक (quotative particle)

• उच्चैः: loudly
• उच्चैः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-वाचक अव्यय (adverb: loudly)

• आलिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• आलिङ्ग्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+लिङ्ग् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय-प्रयोग (indeclinable)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• देवता: the goddess/deity
• देवता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Kusumāmodinī (śaila-devatā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaila-devatā abode (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kusumāmodinī, radiant and flower-scented, rushes forward with overflowing affection, embraces Girijā, and asks loudly with concern where she is going again; blossoms frame the embrace on a mountain path.

Characters & Entities

• Girisutā/Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Kusumāmodinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guardianship is intimate and compassionate; sacred places and their deities are depicted as protectors of devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain itself (as a sacred abode with a presiding deity) is foregrounded; no specific named tīrtha appears.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.