Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पुष्पतोयफलाद्यानि नियुक्ता पार्वती व्यधात् । महेन्द्रोपि च मद्वाक्यात्स्मरं सस्मार भारत

Transliteration

puṣpatoyaphalādyāni niyuktā pārvatī vyadhāt | mahendropi ca madvākyātsmaraṃ sasmāra bhārata

Translation

നിയോഗിക്കപ്പെട്ട പാർവതി പുഷ്പം, ജലം, ഫലം മുതലായവ ഒരുക്കി. ഹേ ഭാരതാ! എന്റെ വാക്കുകളാൽ മഹേന്ദ്രനും സ്മരൻ (കാമദേവൻ)നെ സ്മരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• पुष्पतोयफलाद्यानि: flowers, water, fruits, etc.
• पुष्पतोयफलाद्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प-तोय-फल-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + तोय + फल + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (flowers, water, fruits, etc.)

• नियुक्ता: being appointed/assigned
• नियुक्ता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियुक्त (कृदन्त; नि-√युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (appointed/assigned)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• व्यधात्: arranged/performed
• व्यधात्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यधात् (धातु; वि-√धा (धातु) + लङ्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect, past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महेन्द्रः: Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; महा + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great Indra)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'मत्' = मम (genitive)

• वाक्यात्: from (my) words
• वाक्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause: from/because of words)

• स्मरम्: Smara (Kāma)
• स्मरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सस्मार: remembered/recalled
• सस्मार: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सस्मार (धातु; √स्मृ (धातु) + लिट्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata/Phālguna (Arjuna) as framed listener; also Indra as actor within the story

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī arranges flowers, water, fruits and other offerings; simultaneously Indra, prompted by the narrator, mentally invokes Kāmadeva (Smara). Two actions in parallel: ritual preparation and divine remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Indra (Mahendra)
• Smara (Kāmadeva)
• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine purposes unfold through disciplined preparation and right intention—offerings and resolve precede transformative outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative setup within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa’s Śaiva context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only general offering-items are referenced (flowers, water, fruits); no formal vrata or tīrtha-rite is prescribed in this line.