Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एवं विजयमापन्नं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे मुदा युताः । ततो हर्षात्समागम्य स्वांकमारोप्य चात्मजम्

Transliteration

evaṃ vijayamāpannaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve mudā yutāḥ | tato harṣātsamāgamya svāṃkamāropya cātmajam

Translation

അവനെ ഇങ്ങനെ വിജയിയായി കണ്ടപ്പോൾ എല്ലാവരും ആനന്ദത്തിൽ നിറഞ്ഞു. പിന്നെ ഹർഷത്തോടെ (മാതാവ്) മുന്നോട്ട് വന്ന് മകനെ മടിയിൽ എടുത്ത് ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ചേർത്ത് ആലിംഗനം ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आपन्नम्: attained/obtained
• आपन्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तम्’ understood / or ‘कुमारम्’)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मुदा: with delight
• मुदा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युताः: endowed (with)
• युताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘युक्त’ = endowed/associated

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — ‘then’

• हर्षात्: from/owing to joy
• हर्षात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• समागम्य: having come together/approached
• समागम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• स्वाङ्कम्: one's own lap
• स्वाङ्कम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य अङ्कः)

• आरोप्य: having placed/raised (onto)
• आरोप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक

• आत्मजम्: son
• आत्मजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आत्मनः जः = पुत्रः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the victory, the Mother (Girijā) steps forward through the rejoicing crowd, lifts the youthful Kumāra onto her lap, and holds him close—battlefield tension dissolving into maternal warmth.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Mother (Pārvatī, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s victory is not only cosmic—it is intimate, culminating in compassion, maternal affection, and communal joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the implied sacred backdrop through the Kedārakhaṇḍa narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates the affectionate reunion after victory.