Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अस्माद्भूधरजा रदेहसंपर्कात्त्वं ममाज्ञया । संप्राप्ता कृतकृत्यत्वमेकानंशा पुराकृतिः

Transliteration

asmādbhūdharajā radehasaṃparkāttvaṃ mamājñayā | saṃprāptā kṛtakṛtyatvamekānaṃśā purākṛtiḥ

Translation

“मेरी आज्ञा से इस पर्वतजा देह के संस्पर्श द्वारा तुम यहाँ आई हो; तुमने अपना प्रयोजन सिद्ध कर लिया—देवी का प्राचीन एक अंश, जो फिर से प्रकट हुआ है।”

Word by Word

• अस्मात्: from me
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोगे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘from me/this’

• भूधरजा: O mountain-born one
• भूधरजा: Karta (Subject; vocative sense implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूधर + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘भूधरात् जाता’ (born from the mountain)

• देहसंपर्कात्: from bodily contact
• देहसंपर्कात्: Apadana (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह + संपर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘देहेन संपर्कः’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• आज्ञया: by (my) command
• आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संप्राप्ता: have attained
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्तः, स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘having attained/arrived’

• कृतकृत्यत्वम्: the state of fulfilled duty
• कृतकृत्यत्वम्: Karma (Object/complement of attainment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत + कृत्य + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘कृतं कृत्यं यस्याः’ → कृतकृत्य; तस्य भावः = कृतकृत्यत्वम् (state of having done what was to be done)

• एकानंशा: undivided, whole
• एकानंशा: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + अनंशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—‘एका अनंशा’ (undivided/whole)

• पुराकृतिः: (your) former form
• पुराकृतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरा + कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘पुरा कृतिः’ (former form/previous creation)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks authoritatively to the blue-lotus-radiant Devī, declaring her fulfillment and identifying her as an ancient single portion made manifest again through contact with the mountain-born body.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pārvatī (Bhūdharajā)
• Devī (emanation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestations are purposeful: Devī’s forms arise as precise responses to cosmic needs, not random events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is doctrinal/narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a declaration of accomplishment and identity.