Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

वसंती चात्र तं वीरं हैडिंबं पतिमाप्स्यसि । एवमाश्वास्य तां देवीं मौर्वीं चाहं व्यसर्जयम्

Transliteration

vasaṃtī cātra taṃ vīraṃ haiḍiṃbaṃ patimāpsyasi | evamāśvāsya tāṃ devīṃ maurvīṃ cāhaṃ vyasarjayam

Translation

«ဤနေရာ၌ နေထိုင်လျှင် သင်သည် သူရဲကောင်း ဟိုဍိမ္ဗကို ခင်ပွန်းအဖြစ် ရလိမ့်မည်» ဟုဆို၍ ထိုဒေဝီ မော်ဝရီကို ထိုသို့ နှစ်သိမ့်ပြီးနောက် ငါသည် သူမကို ပြန်လွှတ်လိုက်သည်။

Word by Word

• vasantī: Vasantī
• vasantī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasantī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vīram: hero
• vīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इति विशेष्य

• haiḍiṃbam: Haiḍimba (by lineage)
• haiḍiṃbam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haiḍiṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; जाति/सम्बन्धवाचक विशेषण (of Haiḍimba)

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āpsyasi: you will obtain
• āpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• āśvāsya: having consoled
• āśvāsya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-śvas (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘आश्वास्य’ = आश्वासं कृत्वा

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

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ताम्’ इति विशेष्य

• maurvīm: Maurvī
• maurvīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maurvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vyasarjayam: sent away, dismissed
• vyasarjayam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (or a divine narrator figure) consoles Maurvī, promising she will obtain the hero Haiḍimba as husband; she stands composed as he departs.

Characters & Entities

• Haiḍimba
• Maurvī
• Kāmākhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious outcomes are linked to steadfast residence in a sanctified place and to receiving divine assurance.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified “city/locale” where the goddess is asked to dwell is implied as spiritually potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on residing in the sacred place and divine ordainment of events.