Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

किंचिच्छयाममुखोदग्रस्तनभागावनामिताम् । महौषधिगणबद्धमंत्रराजनिषेविताम्

Transliteration

kiṃcicchayāmamukhodagrastanabhāgāvanāmitām | mahauṣadhigaṇabaddhamaṃtrarājaniṣevitām

Translation

അവളുടെ മുഖം അല്പം ശ്യാമലമായിരുന്നു; സ്തനഭാരത്തിന്റെ പൂർണതകൊണ്ട് അവൾ കുറച്ച് കുനിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു; മഹൗഷധികളുടെ കൂട്ടം സേവിച്ചു, പ്രബല മന്ത്രരാജങ്ങളുടെ ജപം നടന്നു।

Word by Word

• किंचित्: slightly; somewhat
• किंचित्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: somewhat/a little)

• श्याममुखोदग्रस्तनभागावनामिताम्: with a dark face, slightly bent by the prominent breast-region
• श्याममुखोदग्रस्तनभागावनामिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्याम + मुख + उदग्र + स्तन + भाग + अवनामित (कृदन्त; अव√नम् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); बहुव्रीहिः—(या) श्यामं मुखं यस्याः, उदग्रः स्तनभागः येन अवनामितम् (नमितम्) (i.e., bent slightly by prominent breasts)

• महौषधिगणबद्धमंत्रराजनिषेविताम्: served/attended by the king of mantras, bound/secured with groups of great herbs
• महौषधिगणबद्धमंत्रराजनिषेविताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + औषधि + गण + बद्ध + मन्त्रराज + निषेवित (कृदन्त; नि√सेव् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महौषधि-गणेन बद्धः मन्त्रराजः; तेन निषेविता)

Speaker

Sūta narrating (deduced).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himagiri (oṣadhi-pradhāna sacred mountain, implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Menā appears slightly darkened in face and physically burdened, attended by bundles of potent Himalayan herbs and ritual specialists reciting powerful mantras; the palace chamber feels like a sanctified healing room.

Characters & Entities

• Menā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma integrates body and spirit—herbal care and mantra-protection together uphold auspicious life-events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on sacred care within the Himalayan household.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied protective mantra-sevā and medicinal (auṣadhi) regimen, though no named rite is specified.