Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ततस्तां सा समादाय विधाय निजकिंकरीम् । कैलासं पर्वतश्रेष्ठं जगाम हरसंयुता

Transliteration

tatastāṃ sā samādāya vidhāya nijakiṃkarīm | kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ jagāma harasaṃyutā

Translation

त्यानंतर तिने तिला सोबत घेऊन, तिला आपली दासी-सेविका करून, हर (शिव) यांच्यासह पर्वतश्रेष्ठ कैलासास प्रस्थान केले।

Word by Word

• tatas: then, thereafter
• tatas: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• samādāya: having taken
• samādāya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (धाातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: √दा (to take) उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• vidhāya: having made/appointed
• vidhāya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: √धा (to place/arrange/make) उपसर्ग: वि

• nija-kiṃkarīm: (as) her own maidservant
• nija-kiṃkarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + kiṃkarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'one's own servant-maid'

• kailāsam: to Kailāsa
• kailāsam: Karma (Goal/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (place-name)

• parvata-śreṣṭham: the best of mountains
• parvata-śreṣṭham: Karma (Goal/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'best of mountains' (appositional to kailāsam)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hara-saṃyutā: accompanied by Hara (Śiva)
• hara-saṃyutā: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √yuj)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/सह-सम्बन्ध: 'joined/associated with Hara (Śiva)'

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ / sages (addressed in the section)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A goddess leads a newly accepted attendant; Śiva (Hara) accompanies them as they ascend toward the luminous, snow-clad Kailāsa, with gaṇas and celestial beings witnessing the transition.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Hara
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the Divine (Śiva-Śakti) elevates the devotee’s status, integrating them into sacred service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha whose origin is being narrated—later called Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it continues the tīrtha’s origin account.