Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

हेमालयं परित्यज्य भवानी गिरिमूर्द्धनि । संस्थिता स्कन्दमादाय देवैरिन्द्रादिभिः सह

Transliteration

hemālayaṃ parityajya bhavānī girimūrddhani | saṃsthitā skandamādāya devairindrādibhiḥ saha

Translation

ഹേമാലയം വിട്ട് ഭവാനി സ്കന്ദനെ കൂട്ടിക്കൊണ്ട് പർവ്വതശിഖരത്തിൽ അധിവസിച്ചു; ഇന്ദ്രാദി ദേവന്മാരോടുകൂടെ।

Word by Word

• हेमालयम्: Hemālaya (golden abode/mountain)
• हेमालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (hemasya ālayaḥ)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √त्यज् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; अर्थः—त्यक्त्वा (having left)

• भवानी: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• गिरिमूर्द्धनि: on the mountain-top
• गिरिमूर्द्धनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gireḥ mūrdhni)

• संस्थिता: stood/was stationed
• संस्थिता: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—स्थितवती (stood/was stationed)

• स्कन्दम्: Skanda
• स्कन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √दा (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; अर्थः—गृहीत्वा (having taken)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• इन्द्रादिभिः: with Indra and others
• इन्द्रादिभिः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (indra-ādi)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (postposition meaning 'with')

Speaker

Bhojarāja

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhavānī, holding child Skanda, arrives from Himālaya and takes her seat on a mountain summit; Indra and the devas gather in reverent attendance amid clouds and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī
• Skanda
• Indra
• Hemālaya (Himālaya)
• Giri (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is dynamic in Purāṇic sacred geography: the gods ‘arrive’ to consecrate peaks and tīrthas for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain summit associated with Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (and the Raivataka context), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates divine movement and establishment rather than prescribing a rite.