Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो गिरिराजोऽथ देवैः स्वगृहमामाविशत् । पत्नीं मेनां च पप्रच्छ सुकार्यं समागतम्

Transliteration

ityukto girirājo'tha devaiḥ svagṛhamāmāviśat | patnīṃ menāṃ ca papraccha sukāryaṃ samāgatam

Translation

かくして諸天に告げられるや、山々の王は自らの住まいに入った。そして妻メナーに、今まさに到来した吉祥なる務めについて尋ねた。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been told/addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — having been addressed/said to

• गिरिराजः: the king of mountains (Himālaya)
• गिरिराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गिरिणां राजा’; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (then/now)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• स्वगृहम्: his own house/home
• स्वगृहम्: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः ‘स्वं गृहं’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (goal)

• आम: indeed (particle)
• आम: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भाव्य-निपातः/पादपूरणम् (particle; often metrical)

• आविशत्: entered
• आविशत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — he entered

• पत्नीम्: (his) wife
• पत्नीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• मेनाम्: Menā
• मेनाम्: Karma (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• पप्रच्छ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पृच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — he asked

• सुकार्यं: good matter/good task
• सुकार्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः ‘सुन्दरं कार्यम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• समागतम्: that had come/arrived
• समागतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘arrived/come’ qualifying सुकार्यं

Speaker

Narrator (Deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kathā setting (Himālaya’s abode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Kedārakhaṇḍa frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya returns to his inner abode; a quiet palace scene where he asks Menā about the auspicious task—anticipation, lamps, and calm intimacy rather than spectacle.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Himālaya (Girirāja)
• Menā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great undertakings are strengthened through household harmony and consultation, even within a cosmic narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames the episode within the Kedāra-Himālaya sacred sphere, though no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it advances the narrative by moving from divine command to family deliberation.