Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मुहूर्तपंचमात्रेण नियमोऽस्याः समाप्यते । तत्प्रतीक्षस्व तं कालं पश्चादस्मत्सखीसमम्

Transliteration

muhūrtapaṃcamātreṇa niyamo'syāḥ samāpyate | tatpratīkṣasva taṃ kālaṃ paścādasmatsakhīsamam

Translation

“അഞ്ച് മുഹൂർത്തങ്ങൾക്കുള്ളിൽ അവളുടെ നിയമം സമാപിക്കും. ആ സമയം വരെ കാത്തിരിക്കൂ; പിന്നെ ഞങ്ങളുടെ സഖിമാരോടൊപ്പം അവളെ കാണുക.”

Word by Word

• muhūrta-paṃca-mātreṇa: by (within) only five muhūrtas
• muhūrta-paṃca-mātreṇa: Karana (Measure/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक) + paṃca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (paṃca-mātra) + तत्पुरुषसम्बन्धः; कालपरिमाणवाचकः

• niyamaḥ: the observance/vow
• niyamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• samāpyate: is completed, comes to an end
• samāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is completed)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (object of 'pratīkṣasva')

• pratīkṣasva: wait (for)
• pratīkṣasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative) आत्मनेपदम्; मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person) एकवचनम्

• tam: that
• tam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to 'kālam')

• kālam: time, period
• kālam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (afterwards)

• asmat-sakhī-samam: together with our friend
• asmat-sakhī-samam: Sahartha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asmat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sakhī (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (adverbial sense: 'together with our friend')

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating; direct speech attributed to Pārvatī’s companions (sakhīs)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sakhīs request the visitor to wait five muhūrtas; they stand as courteous gatekeepers of the vrata, indicating that after the set time he may meet Pārvatī with them present.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Sakhīs
• Brāhmaṇa/Brahmacārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes patience and honoring the timing of vows; spiritual disciplines should not be interrupted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of a niyama is timed (five muhūrtas), implying regulated practice and observance until the vow ends.