Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

निरीक्ष्य देव्या सहितं सदाशिवं देव्यान्वितं वाक्यमिदं बभाषे

Transliteration

nirīkṣya devyā sahitaṃ sadāśivaṃ devyānvitaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe

Translation

देवीसह विराजमान सदाशिवाचे दर्शन घेऊन, देवीच्या सान्निध्यात त्याने त्यांच्या प्रति हे वचन उच्चारले।

Word by Word

• nirīkṣya: having observed
• nirīkṣya: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir+īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — 'निरीक्ष्य' = 'having looked at/observed'

• devyā: with the Goddess
• devyā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचन

• sahitam: accompanied (by)
• sahitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — विशेषण (sadāśivam)

• sadāśivam: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadāśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• devyā-anvitam: accompanied by (mention of) the Goddess
• devyā-anvitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: 'देव्या अन्वितम्' = 'accompanied by the Goddess'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — विशेषण (vākyam)

• vākyam: words; statement
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (vākyam)

• babhāṣe: spoke
• babhāṣe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Citraratha (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (Śiva-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sadāśiva and Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king stands with folded hands before Sadāśiva and Devī, the court quieting as he begins to speak in their immediate presence.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Devī (Girijā/Bhavānī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should speak with humility and restraint, especially in the presence of Śiva and Devī; the setting heightens accountability for one’s words.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (Kedāranātha/Kedāra-kṣetra) within the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated in this verse; it frames a dialogue that leads into moral instruction and karmic consequence.