Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

भूषणानि महार्हाणि तेभ्यो देव्यै परंतपः । प्रेषयामास चाव्यग्रो महादेवोऽनु पृष्ठतः

Transliteration

bhūṣaṇāni mahārhāṇi tebhyo devyai paraṃtapaḥ | preṣayāmāsa cāvyagro mahādevo'nu pṛṣṭhataḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ പരന്തപനായ ശ്രീമഹാദേവൻ വൈകാതെ ദേവിക്കായി അത്യന്തം വിലയേറിയ ആഭരണങ്ങൾ പിന്നിൽ നിന്നു അയച്ചു കൊടുത്തു।

Word by Word

• भूषणानि: ornaments
• भूषणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• महार्हाणि: very valuable
• महार्हाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (भूषणानि)

• तेभ्यः: from them
• तेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन

• देव्यै: to the देवी (Goddess)
• देव्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• परंतपः: the scorcher of foes
• परंतपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणरूपेण कर्तरि (महादेवः)

• प्रेषयामास: sent
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अव्यग्रः: unperturbed
• अव्यग्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (महादेवः)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अनु: behind/after
• अनु: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb)

• पृष्ठतः: from behind; at the back
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतस् (अव्यय/तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तसिलन्त; स्थानवाचक

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, calm yet urgent, dispatches a retinue bearing jeweled ornaments to follow Devī on her path—an intimate Himalayan courtly moment framed by ascetic grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devī (Satī)
• Gaṇas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor and protection are offered to the divine feminine; true devotion expresses itself through care and timely support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates sending gifts/ornaments.