Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अर्धासनगता साध्वी शंकरस्य महात्मनः । तनया गिरिराज्य यया व्याप्तं जगत्त्रयम्

Transliteration

ardhāsanagatā sādhvī śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ | tanayā girirājya yayā vyāptaṃ jagattrayam

Translation

त्याने महात्मा शंकरांच्या आसनाच्या अर्धभागावर विराजमान साध्वी—गिरिराजाची कन्या—हिचे दर्शन घेतले; जिनच्या शक्तीने त्रिलोकी व्यापलेली आहे।

Word by Word

• अर्धासनगता: seated on half the seat
• अर्धासनगता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘अर्धे आसने गता’ (seated on half the seat)

• साध्वी: the virtuous lady
• साध्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• शंकरस्य: of Shankara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (epithet of शंकर)

• तनया: daughter
• तनया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• गिरिराजस्य: of the king of mountains (Himalaya)
• गिरिराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; (पाठे ‘गिरिराज्य’ इति सम्भाव्यं ‘गिरिराजस्य’)

• यया: by whom
• यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• जगत्त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘त्रीणि जगन्ति’ (the three worlds)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deductive)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, the mountain-king’s daughter, sits on half of Śaṅkara’s seat—an Umā-Maheśvara tableau—radiating a subtle force that fills the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Girirāja (Himālaya)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Jagattraya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is inseparable from Śakti; Devī, the Mountain-King’s daughter, pervades the cosmos and shares Śiva’s seat as the power behind all worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra kṣetra, presented as a place of vivid Śiva-Śakti presence and blessing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is theological, praising Devī’s cosmic pervasion and her union with Śiva.