Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सखीजन समायुक्ता पितुः शृंगे मनोहरे । अतपत्सा विशालाक्षी क्षमादिगुणसंयुता

Transliteration

sakhījana samāyuktā pituḥ śṛṃge manohare | atapatsā viśālākṣī kṣamādiguṇasaṃyutā

Translation

സഖീജനങ്ങളോടുകൂടി, പിതാവിന്റെ മനോഹരമായ ശൃംഗത്തിൽ, ക്ഷമാദിഗുണങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പന്നയായ ആ വിശാലാക്ഷി തപസ്സു അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• सखीजन: with a group of female friends
• सखीजन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी+जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (समूहवाचक); समासः—सखीनां जनः (तत्पुरुष)

• समायुक्ता: joined/associated
• समायुक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आ+युज् (धातु) → समायुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सखीजन’ इत्यनेन सह—‘समायुक्ता’

• पितुः: of (her) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शृंगे: on the peak
• शृंगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मनोहरे: charming, delightful
• मनोहरे: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनॊहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘शृंगे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अतपत्: performed austerity
• अतपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विशालाक्षी: wide-eyed
• विशालाक्षी: Karta (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशाल+अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः सा (बहुव्रीहि)

• क्षमादिगुणसंयुता: endowed with virtues like forbearance
• क्षमादिगुणसंयुता: Karta (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षमा+आदि+गुण+संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—क्षमादयः गुणाः तैः संयुता (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator within Brahma–Nārada dialogue (attribution by section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide-eyed goddess-like woman, serene and resolute, sits in austerity on a beautiful mountain peak, surrounded by a circle of female companions; the air is still, suggesting disciplined silence and inner heat of tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (implied)
• Himālaya (as father, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is perfected when joined with inner virtues—especially patience and self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative context is within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya; the verse itself highlights the father’s mountain-peak setting (Himālaya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tapas (austerities), supported by ethical virtues.