Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो गिरिराजोऽथ देवैः स्वगृहमामाविशत् । पत्नीं मेनां च पप्रच्छ सुकार्यं समागतम्

Transliteration

ityukto girirājo'tha devaiḥ svagṛhamāmāviśat | patnīṃ menāṃ ca papraccha sukāryaṃ samāgatam

Translation

Ainsi interpellé par les dieux, le roi des montagnes entra dans sa demeure. Il interrogea son épouse Menā au sujet de l’œuvre propice qui venait de lui échoir.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been told/addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — having been addressed/said to

• गिरिराजः: the king of mountains (Himālaya)
• गिरिराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गिरिणां राजा’; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (then/now)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• स्वगृहम्: his own house/home
• स्वगृहम्: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः ‘स्वं गृहं’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (goal)

• आम: indeed (particle)
• आम: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भाव्य-निपातः/पादपूरणम् (particle; often metrical)

• आविशत्: entered
• आविशत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — he entered

• पत्नीम्: (his) wife
• पत्नीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• मेनाम्: Menā
• मेनाम्: Karma (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• पप्रच्छ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पृच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — he asked

• सुकार्यं: good matter/good task
• सुकार्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः ‘सुन्दरं कार्यम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• समागतम्: that had come/arrived
• समागतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘arrived/come’ qualifying सुकार्यं

Speaker

Narrator (Deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kathā setting (Himālaya’s abode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Kedārakhaṇḍa frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya returns to his inner abode; a quiet palace scene where he asks Menā about the auspicious task—anticipation, lamps, and calm intimacy rather than spectacle.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Himālaya (Girirāja)
• Menā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great undertakings are strengthened through household harmony and consultation, even within a cosmic narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames the episode within the Kedāra-Himālaya sacred sphere, though no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it advances the narrative by moving from divine command to family deliberation.