Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

संचिंत्यैवमुवाचेदं वीरकं प्रति शैलजा । अधो लज्जाविकारेण वदनेनांबुजत्विषा

Transliteration

saṃciṃtyaivamuvācedaṃ vīrakaṃ prati śailajā | adho lajjāvikāreṇa vadanenāṃbujatviṣā

Translation

Après avoir ainsi réfléchi, Śailajā s’adressa à Vīraka ; son visage, éclatant comme un lotus, s’abaissa, transfiguré par la pudeur.

Word by Word

• संचिंत्य: having reflected
• संचिंत्य: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु) → संचिन्त्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having thought)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इदं: this (speech)
• इदं: Karma (Object—what was said/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीरकं: Vīraka
• वीरकं: Karma (Object—towards whom/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वसर्ग/संबन्धबोधक (towards/with regard to)

• शैलजा: the mountain-born (Pārvatī)
• शैलजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शैलात् जाता)

• अधः: downwards
• अधः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/क्रियाविशेषण (downwards)

• लज्जाविकारेण: by a change (caused) by shame
• लज्जाविकारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक) + विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लज्जायाः विकारः)

• वदनेन: with (her) face
• वदनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अम्बुजत्विषा: with lotus-like radiance
• अम्बुजत्विषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक) + त्विष्/त्विषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अम्बुजस्य त्विषा)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame); verse describes Śailajā speaking

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vīraka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śailajā, after reflection, addresses Vīraka; her lotus-bright face is lowered with modesty, the expression softened—an intimate moment before a corrective or consoling statement.

Characters & Entities

• Śailajā (Pārvatī)
• Vīraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine figures embody humility and restraint; speech after reflection is praised in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it transitions into the revelation that leads toward Arbudāraṇya/Acaleśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description setting the tone for the ensuing instruction.