Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अर्धासनगता साध्वी शंकरस्य महात्मनः । तनया गिरिराज्य यया व्याप्तं जगत्त्रयम्

Transliteration

ardhāsanagatā sādhvī śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ | tanayā girirājya yayā vyāptaṃ jagattrayam

Translation

La Dame vertueuse, assise sur la moitié du siège du magnanime Śaṅkara, elle, fille du Roi des Montagnes, par la Śakti de qui les trois mondes sont pénétrés.

Word by Word

• अर्धासनगता: seated on half the seat
• अर्धासनगता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘अर्धे आसने गता’ (seated on half the seat)

• साध्वी: the virtuous lady
• साध्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शंकरस्य: of Shankara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (epithet of शंकर)

• तनया: daughter
• तनया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• गिरिराजस्य: of the king of mountains (Himalaya)
• गिरिराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; (पाठे ‘गिरिराज्य’ इति सम्भाव्यं ‘गिरिराजस्य’)

• यया: by whom
• यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• जगत्त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘त्रीणि जगन्ति’ (the three worlds)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deductive)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, the mountain-king’s daughter, sits on half of Śaṅkara’s seat—an Umā-Maheśvara tableau—radiating a subtle force that fills the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Girirāja (Himālaya)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Jagattraya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is inseparable from Śakti; Devī, the Mountain-King’s daughter, pervades the cosmos and shares Śiva’s seat as the power behind all worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra kṣetra, presented as a place of vivid Śiva-Śakti presence and blessing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is theological, praising Devī’s cosmic pervasion and her union with Śiva.