Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा महादेवो गत्वा कैलास पर्वतम् । गौर्या समं ततश्चक्रे कामधर्मं यथोचितम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā mahādevo gatvā kailāsa parvatam | gauryā samaṃ tataścakre kāmadharmaṃ yathocitam

Translation

Ayant ainsi parlé, Mahādeva se rendit au mont Kailāsa et, avec Gaurī, accomplit le rite de l’amour selon ce qui convenait.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): उक्त्वा = having said

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् देवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

• kailāsa: Kailāsa
• kailāsa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (parvatam इति विशेषण-सम्बन्ध)

• parvatam: mountain
• parvatam: Karman (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gauryā: with Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• gauryā: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samam: together
• samam: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सह-अर्थे क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial: together/equally)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• cakre: did/performed
• cakre: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kāmadharmam: the act/duty of love (sexual union)
• kāmadharmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामस्य धर्मः/कामधर्मः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as)

• ucitam: proper/appropriate
• ucitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्मधर्मम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva returns to Kailāsa and, with Gaurī, performs the ‘kāma-dharma’ appropriately—depicted as a sanctified, veiled intimacy amid snowy peaks and celestial calm.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Pārvatī (Gaurī)
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly processes like birth are sanctified when aligned to cosmic dharma and divine intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as the sacred divine abode, though the verse does not describe a pilgrimage merit explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No pilgrimage rite is prescribed; the verse narrates the divine conjugal act as ‘kāmadharma’ performed appropriately.