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, le cœur bouleversé d’affection, l’enlaça et s’écria : «Où vas-tu donc encore ?»

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक निपात (particle: also)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having seen’

• girisutām: the mountain’s daughter (Pārvatī)
• girisutām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गिरेः सुता)

• snehaviklavamānasā: whose mind was agitated by affection
• snehaviklavamānasā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक) + viklava (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-समासः (स्नेहेन विक्लवं मानसम् यस्याः)

• kva: where
• kva: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative query/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: where)

• punar: again/then
• punar: Kāla/Prakāra (Temporal/manner adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/then)

• gacchasi: are you going
• gacchasi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः, वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative)

• uccaiḥ: loudly
• uccaiḥ: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uccaiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: loudly)

• āliṅgya: having embraced
• āliṅgya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√liṅg (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having embraced’

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• devatā: the goddess/deity
• devatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing the scene

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himādri (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kusumāmodinī, overwhelmed with affection, embraces Girisuta (Pārvatī) and urgently asks where she is going again.

Characters & Entities

• Girisutā (Pārvatī)
• Devatā (a goddess, likely maternal/attendant figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharmic resolve often arises alongside deep affection; love does not negate renunciation, but tests it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the narrative context for Pārvatī’s ascetic movement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse introduces the emotional and narrative impetus leading into tapas.