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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

महेश्वरी सा गिरिजा महेश्वरी विशुद्धरूपा जनमोक्षदात्री । हरं च दृष्ट्वाथ पलाशमाश्रितं स्वलीलया बिल्ववपुश्चकार सा

Transliteration

maheśvarī sā girijā maheśvarī viśuddharūpā janamokṣadātrī | haraṃ ca dṛṣṭvātha palāśamāśritaṃ svalīlayā bilvavapuścakāra sā

Translation

Dialah Girijā, Maheśvarī Yang Agung, berwujud sepenuhnya suci, penganugeraha mokṣa kepada manusia. Melihat Hara bersandar di bawah pohon Palāśa, dengan līlā ilahinya sendiri ia menjelma menjadi pohon Bilva.

Word by Word
महेश्वरीMaheśvarī (consort/power of Maheśvara)
महेश्वरी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर + ई (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गिरिजाGirijā (daughter of the mountain)
गिरिजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महेश्वरीMaheśvarī
महेश्वरी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर + ई (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
विशुद्धरूपाof perfectly pure form
विशुद्धरूपा:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविशुद्ध + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
जनमोक्षदात्रीgiver of liberation to people
जनमोक्षदात्री:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजन + मोक्ष + दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दातृ-शब्द (agent noun)
हरम्Hara (Śiva)
हरम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriyā (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (sequence marker/adverb)
पलाशम्a palāśa tree
पलाशम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपलाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आश्रितम्resorted to; taken refuge in
आश्रितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पलाशम्)
स्वलीलयाby her own play; by her sport
स्वलीलया:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व + लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
बिल्ववपुःa bilva-form; bilva body
बिल्ववपुः:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबिल्व + वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
चकारmade; assumed
चकार:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Narrator within Brahma–Nārada dialogue (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context); Bilva as sacred upāya within the kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā, radiant and serene, beholds Śiva (Hara) resting near a blossoming Palāśa; by divine play she transforms into a Bilva tree, its trifoliate leaves gleaming as a sign of Śiva-arcana and liberation.

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśvarī
G
Girijā
H
Hara (Śiva)
P
Palāśa
B
Bilva

FAQs

Liberation-oriented devotion is grounded in līlā: the divine can sanctify the world by taking accessible forms for worship.

This Bilva-origin account is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya (Nāgarakhaṇḍa).

Not a direct injunction, but it establishes why Bilva is supremely fit for worship connected with Śiva and Devī.

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