Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

व्याघ्रचर्मपरीधानं रत्नसिंहासने स्थितम् । ध्यात्वा तद्वाम भागे च चिंतयेद्गिरिकन्यकाम्

Transliteration

vyāghracarmaparīdhānaṃ ratnasiṃhāsane sthitam | dhyātvā tadvāma bhāge ca ciṃtayedgirikanyakām

Translation

വ്യാഘ്രചർമ്മം ധരിച്ച് രത്നസിംഹാസനത്തിൽ വിരാജിക്കുന്ന അവനെ ധ്യാനിച്ച ശേഷം, അവന്റെ വാമഭാഗത്ത് ഗിരികന്യയായ പാർവതീദേവിയെ ചിന്തിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• व्याघ्र: tiger
• व्याघ्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — समासाङ्ग

• चर्म: skin/hide
• चर्म: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: carma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — समासाङ्ग

• परीधानम्: wearing a tiger-skin garment
• परीधानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari√dhā (धातु) + ana (ल्युट्) / parīdhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्युट्/भाववाचक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: व्याघ्र-चर्म-परीधान (तत्पुरुष)

• रत्न: jewel
• रत्न: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — समासाङ्ग

• सिंहासनॆ: on a jeweled throne
• सिंहासनॆ: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃhāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः: रत्न-सिंहासन (तत्पुरुष)

• स्थितम्: seated/standing
• स्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dhyai (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having meditated)

• तत्: that (deity/form)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (तत् = that)

• वाम: left
• वाम: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक — समासाङ्ग

• भागे: in the part/side
• भागे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चिन्तयेत्: should contemplate
• चिन्तयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cint (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गिरि: mountain
• गिरि: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — समासाङ्ग

• कन्यकाम्: the mountain-daughter (Pārvatī)
• कन्यकाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: गिरि-कन्यका (तत्पुरुष: daughter of the mountain)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator in Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva wearing tiger-skin, seated on a jeweled throne; after establishing His posture, the meditator places Pārvatī on His left—gentle, regal, complementing His ascetic splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Girī-kanyakā (Pārvatī/Umā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fullness of worship is Śiva united with Śakti—contemplating the Lord together with the Mountain-Daughter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is specified; the verse presents the devotional visualization of Śiva with Pārvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

First meditate on Śiva’s seated form, then visualize Pārvatī at his left (vāma-bhāga) as part of dhyāna.