Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

सुखरूपं परित्यज्य गिरिजा च मनस्विनी । शंभोरारधनं चक्रे परमेण समाधिना

Transliteration

sukharūpaṃ parityajya girijā ca manasvinī | śaṃbhorāradhanaṃ cakre parameṇa samādhinā

Translation

Délaissant le confort et l’aisance, Girijā, la fille de la montagne au cœur résolu, entreprit l’adoration de Śambhu dans le samādhi le plus élevé.

Word by Word

• सुखरूपम्: pleasant form
• सुखरूपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य रूपम्)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having abandoned'

• गिरिजा: Girijā (daughter of the mountain)
• गिरिजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गिरेः जा = mountain-born)

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

• मनस्विनी: resolute, high-minded
• मनस्विनी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying गिरिजा)

• शंभोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• आराधनम्: worship, propitiation
• आराधनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + अन (कृदन्त/भाव) / आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• चक्रे: did, performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• परमेण: supreme
• परमेण: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying समाधिना)

• समाधिना: by meditation, by samādhi
• समाधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context, traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā leaves comfort behind, seated or standing in austere posture, absorbed in deep meditation while worshipping Śambhu; the environment is stark, pure, and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation of comfort and one-pointed samādhi are portrayed as the royal path to pleasing Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra and the surrounding Himalayan Śaiva region, where Girijā’s tapas is remembered as a sanctifying event.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana of Śiva through deep meditation (samādhi) is indicated rather than external ceremonial details.