Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सखीजन समायुक्ता पितुः शृंगे मनोहरे । अतपत्सा विशालाक्षी क्षमादिगुणसंयुता

Transliteration

sakhījana samāyuktā pituḥ śṛṃge manohare | atapatsā viśālākṣī kṣamādiguṇasaṃyutā

Translation

Entourée de son cercle de compagnes, sur le délicieux sommet de son père, celle aux grands yeux—pourvue de vertus telles que la patience—accomplit des austérités.

Word by Word

• सखीजन: with a group of female friends
• सखीजन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी+जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (समूहवाचक); समासः—सखीनां जनः (तत्पुरुष)

• समायुक्ता: joined/associated
• समायुक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आ+युज् (धातु) → समायुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सखीजन’ इत्यनेन सह—‘समायुक्ता’

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शृंगे: on the peak
• शृंगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मनोहरे: charming, delightful
• मनोहरे: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनॊहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘शृंगे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अतपत्: performed austerity
• अतपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विशालाक्षी: wide-eyed
• विशालाक्षी: Karta (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल+अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः सा (बहुव्रीहि)

• क्षमादिगुणसंयुता: endowed with virtues like forbearance
• क्षमादिगुणसंयुता: Karta (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षमा+आदि+गुण+संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—क्षमादयः गुणाः तैः संयुता (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator within Brahma–Nārada dialogue (attribution by section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide-eyed goddess-like woman, serene and resolute, sits in austerity on a beautiful mountain peak, surrounded by a circle of female companions; the air is still, suggesting disciplined silence and inner heat of tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (implied)
• Himālaya (as father, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is perfected when joined with inner virtues—especially patience and self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative context is within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya; the verse itself highlights the father’s mountain-peak setting (Himālaya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tapas (austerities), supported by ethical virtues.