Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

मातरं मां परित्यज्य यस्मात्त्वं स्नेहविह्वलाम् । विहितावसरः स्त्रीणां शंकरस्य रहोविधौ

Transliteration

mātaraṃ māṃ parityajya yasmāttvaṃ snehavihvalām | vihitāvasaraḥ strīṇāṃ śaṃkarasya rahovidhau

Translation

«ເນື່ອງຈາກເຈົ້າລະທິ້ງຂ້າ—ແມ່ຂອງເຈົ້າ—ໃນຍາມທີ່ຂ້າຫວັ່ນໄຫວດ້ວຍຄວາມຮັກ ແລະເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຂົ້າໄປໃນເວລາບໍ່ຄວນ ໃນພິທີລັບຂອງພະສັງກະຣະ…»

Word by Word

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपदी; ‘having abandoned’

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/हेतु-अर्थे

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्नेहविह्वलाम्: overwhelmed by affection
• स्नेहविह्वलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘स्नेहेन विह्वला’ (overwhelmed by affection)

• विहितावसरः: (one) having an appointed occasion
• विहितावसरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि-धा धातोः क्त) + अवसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘विहितः अवसरः यस्य’ (one whose opportunity is prescribed/appointed)

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• रहोविधौ: in the secret rite
• रहोविधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस् (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘रहसि विधिः’ (secret rite/secret procedure)

Speaker

Girijā/Pārvatī (speaking in anger; deduced from immediate context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Giriputrī (Pārvatī) speaks in wounded affection, admonishing the son for abandoning her and for entering Śaṅkara’s private rite at an improper time; the atmosphere is tense, intimate, and morally charged.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Mother-son relationship (implied addressee: Vīraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes maryādā—right conduct, timing, and boundaries—especially around sacred and private observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse focuses on interpersonal and ritual propriety.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to Śaṅkara’s rahovidhi (private observance) and the importance of proper occasion, but gives no explicit vrata, snāna, or dāna instruction.