Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं गिरिजां वृषभध्वजः । अहं तवोचितो भद्रे पतिर्नान्यो हि भामिनि

Transliteration

ityuktaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ girijāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | ahaṃ tavocito bhadre patirnānyo hi bhāmini

Translation

असे ऐकून वृषभध्वजाने गिरिजेला उत्तर दिले— हे भद्रे, मीच तुझ्यास योग्य पती आहे; हे भामिनी, दुसरा कोणी नाही।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यादि-परामर्शक अव्यय; quotative particle

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle, nominative singular

• प्रत्युवाच: replied
• प्रत्युवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उप-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect 3rd sg

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (object of प्रत्युवाच)

• गिरिजाम्: to Girijā
• गिरिजाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (addressee as object: ‘to Girijā’)

• वृषभध्वजः: he whose banner is the bull (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहि (वृषभः ध्वजः यस्य सः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular pronoun

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular pronoun

• उचितः: proper, suitable
• उचितः: Pradhana (Predicate/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (predicate adjective)

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• पतिः: husband
• पतिः: Pradhana (Predicate/प्राधान्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (predicate noun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; negation particle

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Pratisedhya (Negated predicate/प्रतिषेध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphasis/indeed

• भामिनि: O lovely/bright one
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

Speaker

Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narrative audience; immediate addressee Girijā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva with bull emblem) addresses Girijā with confident tenderness; the moment is both romantic and cosmic—union promised, with the Himalaya as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is self-sufficient and uniquely worthy; devotion culminates in recognizing the One Lord as the true refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself is dialogic; the larger Kedārakhaṇḍa context connects to Kedāra’s Śaiva tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.