Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महादेवो हर्षगद्गदया गिरा । तथेत्युक्त्वा ययौ हृष्ट उमया सह शङ्करः

Transliteration

etacchrutvā mahādevo harṣagadgadayā girā | tathetyuktvā yayau hṛṣṭa umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ

Translation

ഇതു കേട്ട മഹാദേവൻ ആനന്ദത്തിൽ ഗദ്ഗദമായ വാക്കുകളോടെ ‘തഥാസ്തു’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു; ഉമയോടുകൂടെ ഹർഷിതനായ ശങ്കരൻ പുറപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object of hearing)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—महान् देवः (कर्मधारयः)

• हर्षगद्गदया: with a voice choked with joy
• हर्षगद्गदया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षगद्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘गिरा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; समासः—हर्षेण गद्गदा (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः)

• गिरा: by (his) speech/voice
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• इति: saying
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हृष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम्

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गवत् (with)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pattreśvara-tīrtha (boon-confirmation moment)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied: Bhārata/kingly addressee in surrounding verses; immediate focus on Mahādeva’s response

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva, voice trembling with joy, grants the boon with ‘tathā’ and departs with Umā, leaving the tīrtha charged with promise.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace culminates in a confirmed boon that turns personal devotion into a lasting public sacred benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The newly affirmed Pattreśvara-named tīrtha within the Revā/Narmadā region is implicitly established by Śiva’s assent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records Śiva’s acceptance (“tathā”) and the completion of the boon-granting episode.