Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

मौर्व्याऽज्ञां शिरसा गृह्य हैडंबिर्भार्ययान्वितः । शुभं हिडम्बस्य वने स्वराज्यं समुपाव्रजत्

Transliteration

maurvyā'jñāṃ śirasā gṛhya haiḍaṃbirbhāryayānvitaḥ | śubhaṃ hiḍambasya vane svarājyaṃ samupāvrajat

Translation

मौर्वीची आज्ञा शिरसावंद्य मानून, हैडंबि पत्नीसमवेत शुभ रीतीने हिडंबाच्या वनात स्वराज्य प्राप्त करण्यास निघाला.

Word by Word

• मौर्व्याः: of Maurvī
• मौर्व्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Maurvī’

• आज्ञाम्: command/permission
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘command/permission’

• शिरसा: with (his) head (in reverence)
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘with (his) head’ (idiom: respectfully)

• गृह्य: having accepted
• गृह्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having accepted/taken’

• हैडम्बिः: with Haiḍambī
• हैडम्बिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैडम्बी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘with Haiḍambī’

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘with (his) wife’

• अन्वितः: accompanied
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘accompanied/attended’ (qualifying implied subject सः)

• शुभम्: auspiciously
• शुभम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — क्रियाविशेषणवत्/कर्मप्रवचनीय-भावे ‘auspiciously / to an auspicious (place/state)’

• हिडम्बस्य: of Hiḍamba
• हिडम्बस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिडम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Hiḍamba’

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the forest’

• स्वराज्यम्: his own kingdom
• स्वराज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्व + राज्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘his own kingdom’

• समुपाव्रजत्: went to / entered
• समुपाव्रजत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+आ+व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘went/approached/entered’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiḍamba-vana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Haiḍambi bows to Maurvī’s command, then departs with his wife toward the Hiḍamba forest to assume independent rule; the forest appears as a sovereign realm.

Characters & Entities

• Maurvī
• Haiḍambi
• Hiḍamba (forest/region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent obedience to rightful instruction (ājñā) becomes a cause for auspicious establishment and stability in one’s life and duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it situates the episode in the Hiḍamba forest-region as sacred narrative geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on conduct—accepting command with humility and proceeding auspiciously.