Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

याचस्व मां महादेव ऋषिभिः परिवारितः । करिष्यति न संदेहस्तव वाक्यं च मे पिता

Transliteration

yācasva māṃ mahādeva ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritaḥ | kariṣyati na saṃdehastava vākyaṃ ca me pitā

Translation

മഹാദേവാ! ഋഷിമാർ ചുറ്റിനിൽക്കെ എന്റെ കൈ ചോദിക്കൂ; സംശയമില്ല—എന്റെ പിതാവ് നിങ്ങളുടെ വാക്ക് നടപ്പാക്കി നിങ്ങളുടെ വചനത്തെ മാനിക്കും।

Word by Word

• याचस्व: ask (beg)
• याचस्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ऋषिभिः: by/with sages
• ऋषिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘surrounded’

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• न: no / not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: word/command
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavat realm / Gaurī-associated Himalayan sites (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva/Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā advises Mahādeva to formally ask for her hand, accompanied by sages; she assures that her father will honor Śiva’s request—ritual propriety emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Ṛṣis
• Himavat (implied as father)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine unions uphold dharma: consent, formal request, and the presence of sages symbolize sanctified social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himalayan domain of Himavat forms the sacred backdrop; Kedārakhaṇḍa frames these events within holy mountain geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dharmic marriage protocol is implied: the groom formally requests the bride in the presence of ṛṣis (witnesses/elders).