Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अत्रैव स्थीयतां चंडीं यावदुद्वहनं भवेत् । मम भावान्विजानासि कार्याकार्ये सुशोभने

Transliteration

atraiva sthīyatāṃ caṃḍīṃ yāvadudvahanaṃ bhavet | mama bhāvānvijānāsi kāryākārye suśobhane

Translation

«Que Caṇḍī demeure ici même jusqu’au moment de l’enlèvement (de l’épouse). Ô belle, tu connais mon dessein quant à ce qu’il faut faire et ne pas faire.»

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis

• स्थीयताम्: stay (please)
• स्थीयताम्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘let (you) stay’

• चण्डीम्: O Caṇḍī
• चण्डीम्: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे कर्मवत् (addressed as object in request)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kāla (Temporal limit/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative) — ‘until/as long as’

• उद्वहनम्: carrying away/abduction (act of taking)
• उद्वहनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + वह् (धातु) + ल्युट् (कृत्)
• Form: भाववाचक कृदन्त (action noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: may happen/occur
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Subordinate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (potential/optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भावान्: intentions/feelings
• भावान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विजानासि: you know/understand
• विजानासि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कार्य-अकार्ये: in right and wrong actions
• कार्य-अकार्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अकार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative) ‘कार्यं च अकार्यं च’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन (locative dual) — ‘in what is to be done and not to be done’

• सुशोभने: O very beautiful one
• सुशोभने: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (addressing Caṇḍī)

Speaker

Sadāśiva (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sadāśiva gently instructs Caṇḍī to remain in place until the proper moment of udvahana; his gesture conveys calm authority and affectionate guidance.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva (Śiva)
• Caṇḍī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires discernment (kārya-akārya) and disciplined timing—acting rightly, at the right moment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra sacred geography, though the verse centers on divine instruction rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A wedding-context action is referenced (udvahana—carrying/leading away in marriage rites), but no pilgrim-ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is prescribed.