Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्रहस्य जननी गर्भमुवाच रुषितेक्षणा । सुवर्चा तं पिप्पलादं चिरं तिष्ठास्य सन्निधौ

Transliteration

prahasya jananī garbhamuvāca ruṣitekṣaṇā | suvarcā taṃ pippalādaṃ ciraṃ tiṣṭhāsya sannidhau

Translation

Souriant, la mère Suvarcā — les yeux encore ardents d’indignation — s’adressa à l’enfant : « Ô Pippalāda, tu demeureras longtemps en cette proximité ».

Word by Word

• prahasya: having laughed/smiling
• prahasya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prahas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: प्रहस् (हासे) — ‘having laughed/smiled’

• jananī: the mother
• jananī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• garbham: to the fetus/embryo
• garbham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said/spoke
• uvāca: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ruṣita-īkṣaṇā: with angry eyes
• ruṣita-īkṣaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jananī/suvarcā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣita (कृदन्त/ppp) + īkṣaṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘ruṣitā īkṣaṇā yasyāḥ’ (she whose look is angry)

• suvarcā: Suvarcā (name)
• suvarcā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarcā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pippalādam: Pippalāda (name)
• pippalādam: Karma (Apposition to tam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pippalāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ciram: for a long time
• ciram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tiṣṭha: stay/stand
• tiṣṭha: Kriyā (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• āsya: of me/this (here: my)
• āsya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एतद्-प्रत्ययान्त रूप (asya)

• sannidhau: in (my) presence/nearby
• sannidhau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating; direct speech by Suvarcā within the verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Suvarcā, smiling yet with fierce eyes, addresses the child Pippalāda, indicating he must remain nearby; the atmosphere is austere, with hints of impending renunciation.

Characters & Entities

• Suvarcā
• Pippalāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid wrath, dharma is guided by purposeful speech—words can set a sacred destiny and protect what must endure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-khaṇḍa setting continues; the immediate ‘sannidhi’ points to a sanctified vicinity, associated in context with the aśvattha locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative and prophetic in tone.