Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कैलासे ददृशुः स्थाणुं वदंतं गिरिजां प्रति । एकादश्यां प्रनृत्यानि जागरे विष्णुसद्मनि

Transliteration

kailāse dadṛśuḥ sthāṇuṃ vadaṃtaṃ girijāṃ prati | ekādaśyāṃ pranṛtyāni jāgare viṣṇusadmani

Translation

അവർ കൈലാസത്തിൽ സ്ഥാണു (ശിവൻ) ഗിരിജ (പാർവതി)യോടു സംസാരിക്കുന്നതു കണ്ടു. കൂടാതെ ഏകാദശിയിൽ വിഷ്ണുസദ്മനിയിൽ ജാഗരണവേളയിൽ നൃത്തപ്രദർശനങ്ങൾ നടന്നു.

Word by Word

• कैलासे: on/in Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — masculine locative singular

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — 3rd person plural perfect

• स्थाणुम्: Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• स्थाणुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• वदन्तम्: speaking
• वदन्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifying स्थाणुम्

• गिरिजाम्: Gिरिजा (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजाम्: Karma (Goal of speech/प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक; गिरि + जा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sampradāna/Direction (Goal/प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-निपात; here as preposition) — ‘towards/to’

• एकादश्याम्: on Ekādaśī
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — feminine locative singular (time)

• प्रनृत्यानि: having danced
• प्रनृत्यानि: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√नृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) अपेक्षितम्; पाठे ‘प्रनृत्यानि’ इति बहुवचन-रूपाभासः, सम्भाव्यं ‘प्रनृत्य’ (अव्यय) — absolutive ‘having danced’

• जागरे: kept vigil / stayed awake
• जागरे: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जागर्/√जृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular perfect (middle)

• विष्णुसद्मनि: in Viṣṇu’s abode/temple
• विष्णुसद्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णुसद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + सद्मन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deductive, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On snow-clad Kailāsa, Śiva (Sthāṇu) converses with Pārvatī; the scene shifts to a luminous Viṣṇu-temple/abode where devotees keep Ekādaśī jāgara with graceful dance and lamp-lit celebration through the night.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Ekādaśī
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma honors both Śiva and Viṣṇu; sacred time (Ekādaśī) and sacred space (Kailāsa/Viṣṇu-sadman) elevate devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is explicitly mentioned as a supreme sacred realm; additionally, a Viṣṇu-sadman (Viṣṇu temple/abode) is referenced as a place of vigil worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī jāgara (night vigil) accompanied by devotional dance/performance (pranṛtya) in Viṣṇu’s abode.