Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

सप्तमे मारुतस्कंधे व स नित्यं प्रियात्मज । कार्येष्वहं त्वया पुत्र संप्रष्टव्यः सदैव हि

Transliteration

saptame mārutaskaṃdhe va sa nityaṃ priyātmaja | kāryeṣvahaṃ tvayā putra saṃpraṣṭavyaḥ sadaiva hi

Translation

സപ്തമ വിഭാഗമായ മാരുത-സ്കന്ധത്തിൽ ഈ ഉപദേശം നിത്യവും ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെടും, പ്രിയപുത്രാ. എല്ലാ കാര്യങ്ങളിലും, മകനേ, നീ എപ്പോഴും എന്നോടു ചോദിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• saptame: in the seventh
• saptame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• māruta-skaṃdhe: in the Maruta-skandha (chapter/section)
• māruta-skaṃdhe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māruta (प्रातिपदिक) + skaṃdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mārutasya skaṃdhaḥ)

• vā: or/indeed
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपातः (disjunctive particle: or/indeed)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• priya-ātmaja: dear son
• priya-ātmaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (priyaḥ ātmajaḥ)

• kāryeṣu: in matters/affairs
• kāryeṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), बहुवचनम्

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• saṃpraṣṭavyaḥ: should be asked/consulted
• saṃpraṣṭavyaḥ: Karya/Prayojya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-praś (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्तः—तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्तः (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-भावः (to be asked)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphatic particle)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये निपातः (particle: for/indeed)

Speaker

Hara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māruta-skandha (as a named sacred division/peak)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda/Guha (beloved son)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses his beloved son (Skanda/Guha) with intimate, authoritative counsel, indicating a ‘seventh division’ and the Māruta-skandha as a perpetual seat of instruction; the setting suggests a divine assembly with calm, luminous austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Mārutaskaṃdha (textual division)
• Skanda (as son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine power is guided by divine counsel: Skanda is instructed to act in alignment with Śiva through continual consultation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a doctrinal and textual-direction statement within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes disciplined guidance and consultation rather than a ritual act.