Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
Devanagari script
उमया सहितो देवो विस्मयं परमं गतः । गाढमालिङ्ग्य गिरिजा देवं वचनमब्रवीत्
Transliteration
umayā sahito devo vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | gāḍhamāliṅgya girijā devaṃ vacanamabravīt
Translation
Tuhan, bersama Umā, diliputi kehairanan yang amat besar. Girijā memeluk Dewa itu erat-erat lalu berkata demikian.
Word by Word
उमयाwith Umā
उमया:
Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootउमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
सहितःaccompanied
सहितः:
Karta (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ("accompanied")
देवःthe god (Śiva)
देवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
विस्मयम्astonishment
विस्मयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
गतःattained
गतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय ("having gone/attained")
गाढम्tightly
गाढम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative): "tightly/firmly"
आलिङ्ग्यhaving embraced
आलिङ्ग्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + लिङ्ग् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)
गिरिजाGirijā (Pārvatī)
गिरिजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
देवम्to the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
वचनम्words / speech
वचनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King
Visual Art Cues
Scene: On Kailāsa, Śiva sits with Umā; both register astonishment at the cosmic tremor. Umā clings to Śiva in a protective embrace, her face anxious yet devoted, as the world quakes around them.
Characters & Entities
U
UmāG
Girijā (Pārvatī)Ś
Śiva (implied as Deva)FAQs
The Purāṇas present divine intimacy and inquiry as a doorway to revelation—questions asked in devotion lead to truth.
Kailāsa is the implied setting, revered as the abode of Śiva and Umā.
None; it introduces Girijā’s inquiry.