Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

हिमाद्रेर्दुहितेयं वै तपसा रुद्रमीश्वरम् । प्राप्तुकामा पतित्वन सेय मत्रोपविश्य च

Transliteration

himādrerduhiteyaṃ vai tapasā rudramīśvaram | prāptukāmā patitvana seya matropaviśya ca

Translation

«Elle est vraiment la fille d’Himādri. Désirant obtenir Rudra, le Seigneur, pour époux, elle s’est assise ici et accomplit l’austérité.»

Word by Word

• हिमाद्रेः: of Himālaya
• हिमाद्रेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमाद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• दुहिता: daughter
• दुहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular); समानाधिकरण (appositional) with "रुद्रम्"

• प्राप्तुकामा: desirous of attaining
• प्राप्तुकामा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्तुम् (तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त, √आप्/आप्नोति) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन (singular); तुमुनन्त-समास (infinitive-based determinative): "प्राप्तुम्" + "कामा" = desirous to obtain

• पतित्वम्: husbandhood (as husband)
• पतित्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; only/indeed)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• उपविश्य: having sat down
• उपविश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), "having sat down"

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

Speaker

Jayā (continuing, to Śiva/Rudra in disguise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Himālaya tapas-sthāna (Gaurī-associated locale in Kedāra tradition)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rudra (in context) and the attendant circle; textually, the recitation audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A companion describes Pārvatī: daughter of Himādri, seated in a fixed posture, performing severe austerity with the explicit aim of attaining Rudra as husband; the scene is austere yet charged with devotional love.

Characters & Entities

• Himādri (Himālaya)
• Pārvatī
• Rudra
• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion and disciplined tapas, aligned with dharma, leads to the Lord’s grace and fulfillment of sacred aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himalayan Kedāra sphere (Kedārakhaṇḍa) where the Purāṇa situates Pārvatī’s tapas and Śiva’s līlā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is the stated practice; details of the vow are not specified in this verse.