Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

हते च मारुतेनाशुगामिना नगदेवता । अपरिच्छिन्नतत्त्वार्था शैलपुत्र्यां न्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

hate ca mārutenāśugāminā nagadevatā | aparicchinnatattvārthā śailaputryāṃ nyavedayat

Translation

Lorsqu’il eut été tué par le Vent au mouvement fulgurant, la divinité de la montagne—incapable de saisir le sens véritable de l’événement—en fit le rapport à Śailaputrī (Pārvatī).

Word by Word

• हते: when (he) was slain
• हते: Sambandha (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when/after being slain)

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

• मारुतेन: by the Wind-god (Māruta)
• मारुतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• आशुगामिना: swift-moving
• आशुगामिना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुगामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् मारुतेन

• नगदेवता: the mountain-goddess
• नगदेवता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नगस्य देवता)

• अपरिच्छिन्नतत्त्वार्था: whose true import was not fully known
• अपरिच्छिन्नतत्त्वार्था: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परिच्छिन्न (कृदन्त; √छिद्/छिद् with परि-; ‘limited’) + तत्त्वार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्या तत्त्वार्थः अपरिच्छिन्नः)

• शैलपुत्र्याम्: to the daughter of the mountain (Pārvatī)
• शैलपुत्र्याम्: Sampradana/Adhikarana (Recipient/Location; ‘to/in’/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शैलस्य पुत्री)

• न्यवेदयत्: reported/informed
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to inform’ (निवेदयति)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa norm)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mountain-deity, bewildered, approaches Śailaputrī (Pārvatī) to report the slaying by swift Vāyu; Pārvatī’s presence is majestic, the setting evoking rocky heights and divine court.

Characters & Entities

• Māruta (Vāyu)
• Nagadevatā (mountain-deity)
• Śailaputrī (Pārvatī/Girijā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Events may appear unclear at first; discernment grows when one reports truthfully to the rightful authority and seeks the deeper meaning (tattvārtha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a narrative report (nyavedayat) rather than a vrata or dāna instruction.