Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्योचुः सुरास्तदा । जनितव्या त्वया कन्या शिवार्थं कार्यसिद्धये

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasyocuḥ surāstadā | janitavyā tvayā kanyā śivārthaṃ kāryasiddhaye

Translation

Ayant entendu ses paroles, les dieux sourirent et dirent : « De toi doit naître une fille, pour Śiva, afin que l’œuvre projetée s’accomplisse. »

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (contextual) — Genitive singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषणम्; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग — Accusative singular neuter

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकाले कृत्य — having heard

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + हस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (Gerund/Absolutive) — having laughed

• ऊचुः: they said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन — they said

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• जनितव्या: must be begotten/should be produced
• जनितव्या: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययः (तव्यत्); कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘to be produced/begotten’ (obligatory)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• कन्या: a daughter/maiden
• कन्या: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• शिवार्थम्: for Shiva’s sake
• शिवार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative) ‘शिवस्य अर्थः’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (purpose)

• कार्यसिद्धये: for the accomplishment of the task
• कार्यसिद्धये: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘कार्यस्य सिद्धिः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — Dative singular (for accomplishment)

Speaker

Devas (speaking to Himālaya), narrated by Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative setting within Kedārakhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience / interlocutors within Kedārakhaṇḍa frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly: devas smiling as they address Himālaya, indicating the destined birth of a daughter for Śiva’s work; the mountain-king stands personified, serene and immense.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Śiva
• Himālaya (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal family events in Purāṇic vision can serve loka-kalyāṇa (universal welfare) when aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; it belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative milieu connected to Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a divine directive about the necessity of a daughter’s birth for a cosmic objective.