Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

पादयोः स्थापयामास मालां दिव्यां सुगंधिनीम् । सादुसाध्विति संप्रोच्य तया तं तत्र चर्चितम्

Transliteration

pādayoḥ sthāpayāmāsa mālāṃ divyāṃ sugaṃdhinīm | sādusādhviti saṃprocya tayā taṃ tatra carcitam

Translation

അവൾ അവന്റെ പാദങ്ങളിൽ ദിവ്യമായ സുഗന്ധമാല സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. “സാധു, സാധു” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് അവിടെത്തന്നെ സ്തുതിയാൽ അവനെ ആദരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पादयोः: at/on (his) two feet
• पादयोः: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), द्विवचन

• स्थापयामास: placed, set
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (णिच्) implied: स्थापय-

• मालाम्: garland
• मालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मालाम्)

• सुगन्धिनीम्: fragrant
• सुगन्धिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मालाम्)

• सादु: well!
• सादु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सादु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक (interjection/adverb: well!)

• साधु: good!
• साधु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक (well!, good!)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• संप्रोच्य: having said/uttered
• संप्रोच्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having said)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• चर्चितम्: honoured/adorned/worshipped
• चर्चितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर्चित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from चर्च्/चर्चा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative flow)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhavānī bends to place a divine fragrant garland at Śiva’s feet, speaking ‘sādhu sādhu’; devas watch in reverent joy.

Characters & Entities

• The Goddess (Devī)
• Garland (mālā)
• Feet (pāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and reverence—honoring the divine (or the righteous) at the feet with offerings and words of approval is a hallmark of dharmic devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it describes an archetypal act of worship (garlanding at the feet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a fragrant garland at the feet (mālā-arpana, pāda-upacāra) and verbal praise—common upacāras in pūjā.