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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । तव कांता सती नाम या मृता प्राक्सुरोत्तम । सा जाता मेनकागर्भे गौरी नाम हिमाचलात्

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | tava kāṃtā satī nāma yā mṛtā prāksurottama | sā jātā menakāgarbhe gaurī nāma himācalāt

Translation

Les dieux dirent : Ô le meilleur des dieux, ton aimée Satī, morte jadis, est née de nouveau dans le sein de Menakā, sous le nom de Gaurī, fille de Himācala.

Word by Word
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कान्ताbeloved; wife
कान्ता:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकान्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सतीSatī
सती:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootसती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Naming marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle ‘by name’)
याwho
या:
Karta (Subject of clause)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
मृताdead
मृता:
Karta-visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्राक्formerly
प्राक्:
Kriya-visheshana (Temporal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्राक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time: formerly)
सुरोत्तमO best of gods
सुरोत्तम:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् उत्तमः)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
जाताwas born
जाता:
Kriya (Predicate as participle)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोग (born)
मेनकागर्भेin Menakā’s womb
मेनकागर्भे:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootमेनका + गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मेनकायाः गर्भे)
गौरीGaurī
गौरी:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Naming marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात
हिमाचलात्from Himācala (the Himalaya)
हिमाचलात्:
Apadana (Source/Parentage)
TypeNoun
Rootहिमाचल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (हिमः अचलः)
Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas announce to Śiva the secret of Satī’s rebirth: Gaurī born to Menakā, daughter of Himācala; the scene shifts in imagination to snowy peaks and a radiant infant/maiden destined for tapas.

Characters & Entities
D
Devāḥ
S
Satī
G
Gaurī (Pārvatī)
M
Menakā
H
Himācala/Himavat
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Loss is not the end in Purāṇic dharma; divine continuity and renewal restore balance and hope.

While this verse names Himācala as Gaurī’s origin, the immediate glorification remains the Liṅga-centered tīrtha narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

None directly; it provides the theological assurance that motivates sustaining worship and sacred order.

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