Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

जग्मुर्गिरीन्द्रपुत्र्यास्तु स्वयंवरमनुत्तमम् । आमंत्रितस्तथा विष्णुर्मेरुमाह हसन्निव

Transliteration

jagmurgirīndraputryāstu svayaṃvaramanuttamam | āmaṃtritastathā viṣṇurmerumāha hasanniva

Translation

ସେମାନେ ଗିରିରାଜଙ୍କ କନ୍ୟାଙ୍କ ଅନୁତ୍ତମ ସ୍ୱୟଂବରକୁ ଗଲେ। ଆମନ୍ତ୍ରିତ ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ହସିଥିବା ପରି ମେରୁଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• जग्मुः: they went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• गिरीन्द्रपुत्र्याः: of the daughter of the lord of mountains
• गिरीन्द्रपुत्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (sg.)

• तु: indeed/and then
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• स्वयंवरम्: the svayaṃvara (bride-choosing ceremony)
• स्वयंवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (sg.)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषणम् (qualifier) स्वयंवरम् प्रति

• आमन्त्रितः: having been invited
• आमन्त्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विष्णोः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + मन्त्र् (धातु) → आमन्त्रित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/nom.), एकवचन (sg.)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/nom.), एकवचन (sg.)

• मेरुम्: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (sg.)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (sg.)

• हसन्: smiling/laughing
• हसन्: Kriya-visheshana (Concomitant action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस् (धातु) → हसत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/nom.), एकवचन (sg.); क्रियासहचर (concomitant)

• इव: as if
• इव: Discourse particle (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial procession moves toward the unsurpassed svayaṃvara of the Mountain-King’s daughter; Viṣṇu, invited, turns to Meru with a soft, smiling utterance—an atmosphere of auspicious counsel before a grand divine ceremony.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Girīndra-putrī)
• Himālaya (implied by Girīndra)
• Viṣṇu
• Meru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest deities honor dharmic invitations and auspicious rites, showing reverence for sacred order and divine community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the setting is the mythic Himalayan-Meru sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the svayaṃvara as a formal rite; no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction is stated.