Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वेद्यां च बहिरानीतौ दंपतीव कमलेक्षणौ । उपवेशितौ बहिर्वेद्यां पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ

Transliteration

vedyāṃ ca bahirānītau daṃpatīva kamalekṣaṇau | upaveśitau bahirvedyāṃ pārvatīparameśvarau

Translation

Alors Pārvatī et Parameśvara—aux yeux de lotus, tels un couple d’époux—furent conduits au dehors près de l’autel et assis à même le sol, à côté de l’aire sacrificielle.

Word by Word

• वेद्याम्: on/at the altar
• वेद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

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

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आनीतौ: (the two) were brought
• आनीतौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √नी (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; उपसर्ग: आ

• दंपती: the couple
• दंपती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (dual: husband and wife)

• इव: like/as
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• कमल: lotus
• कमल: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• ईक्षणौ: eyes/seeing
• ईक्षणौ: None
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• कमलेक्षणौ: lotus-eyed (two)
• कमलेक्षणौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the couple)

• उपवेशितौ: (the two) were seated
• उपवेशितौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √विश् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (causative past passive participle: ‘made to sit’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; उपसर्ग: उप

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वेद्याम्: at the altar
• वेद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• बहिर्वेद्याम्: outside the altar-area
• बहिर्वेद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय) + वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘outside the altar’ (locative phrase)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग/द्वन्द्वाङ्ग)

• परमेश्वरौ: the Supreme Lord (Śiva) (as one of the pair)
• परमेश्वरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (dual, with Pārvatī as pair)

• पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ: Pārvatī and Parameśvara
• पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती + परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; दम्पती-रूपेण (as a pair)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa Kedāra-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī and Parameśvara, radiant and lotus-eyed, are ceremonially led to the area outside the sacrificial platform and seated beside the vedī, appearing like an ideal wedded pair.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Vedi (altar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine is approached through orderly sacred rites—altar, seating, and ritual space reflect inner reverence and dharmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa frames the scene within the holy Kedāra region renowned in the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparation for the vivāha-homa: bringing the couple to the vedi and seating them in the ritual area.