Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अंतर्वेद्यां संप्रवेश्य यत्र सा पार्वती स्थिता । वेदिकोपरि तन्वंगी सर्वाभरणभूषिता

Transliteration

aṃtarvedyāṃ saṃpraveśya yatra sā pārvatī sthitā | vedikopari tanvaṃgī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

Translation

On le fit entrer dans l’enceinte intérieure consacrée, où se tenait Pārvatī : aux membres graciles, sur la plateforme de l’autel, parée de tous les ornements.

Word by Word

• antar-vedyāṃ: in the inner altar-space
• antar-vedyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + vedī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—अव्ययीभाव (antar + vedyām = 'inside the altar-area')

• saṃpraveśya: having entered
• saṃpraveśya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-viś (धातु) + saṃ- (उपसर्ग) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): 'having entered'

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative locative adverb: 'where')

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• pārvatī: Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); apposition to 'sā'

• sthitā: stood/was situated
• sthitā: Kriyā (State/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• vedikā-upari: upon the platform/altar
• vedikā-upari: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vedikā (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; upari-योगे सप्तमीसमर्थ-प्रयोग (indeclinable 'upon/above' governing locative sense)

• tanv-aṃgī: slender-limbed
• tanv-aṃgī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of Pārvatī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—बहुव्रीहि (yasyaḥ tanūni aṅgāni sā)

• sarva-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitā: adorned with all ornaments
• sarva-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of Pārvatī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: sarvaiḥ ābharaṇaiḥ bhūṣitā)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Entrance into the antarvedī: Pārvatī stands upon the altar-platform, slender and fully adorned, radiating auspicious bridal splendor within a consecrated enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Vedi/Vedikā
• Antarvedī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred enclosure (vedi) symbolizes inner purity—true union is approached through sanctified conduct and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s consecrated ritual ground, portrayed as an antarvedī-like sanctum for divine rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the inner vedi area and positioning at the vedikā as part of formal ceremonial procedure.