Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

तदा प्रहस्य चोवाच मातरं प्रति पार्वती । प्रतिज्ञां श्रृणु मे मातस्तपसा परमेण हि

Transliteration

tadā prahasya covāca mātaraṃ prati pārvatī | pratijñāṃ śrṛṇu me mātastapasā parameṇa hi

Translation

അപ്പോൾ പാർവതി പുഞ്ചിരിയോടെ മാതാവിനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“അമ്മേ, എന്റെ പ്രതിജ്ഞ കേൾക്കൂ; പരമ തപസ്സാൽ ഞാൻ അതു സഫലമാക്കും।”

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रहस् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having laughed'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards, to
• प्रति: Sampradana (Recipient/प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition-like: 'towards/to')

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: vow, promise
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: my, of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive: 'of me/my')

• मातः: O mother
• मातः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• परमेण: supreme, highest
• परमेण: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तपसा)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, smiling yet firm, addresses her mother with a solemn vow; the Himalayan backdrop suggests cold air, pine and rock, and a distant Śiva-kṣetra aura.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Menā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A clear vow (pratijñā/saṅkalpa) supported by disciplined tapas is presented as a powerful spiritual method.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the implied locus, where Pārvatī’s tapas becomes part of the site’s Mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse indicates tapas and vow-taking (vrata-like resolve), without specifying a particular external ritual.