Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

महादेव उवाच । प्रत्यहं कुरु मे सेवां गिरिजे साधुभाषिणि

Transliteration

mahādeva uvāca | pratyahaṃ kuru me sevāṃ girije sādhubhāṣiṇi

Translation

ਮਹਾਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਹੇ ਗਿਰਿਜੇ, ਸੁਭਾਸ਼ਣੀ, ਤੂੰ ਹਰ ਦਿਨ ਮੇਰੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰ।

Word by Word

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

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

• prati-aham: every day
• prati-aham: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + aham (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अर्थः—‘प्रतिदिनम्’ (each day)

• kuru: do
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप; अत्र षष्ठ्यर्थे (my)

• sevām: service
• sevām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sevā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• girije: O Girije
• girije: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sādhu-bhāṣiṇi: O good-speaker
• sādhu-bhāṣiṇi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṣiṇī (प्रातिपदिक; √bhāṣ (धातु) + णिनि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (साधु भाषिणी)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī with affectionate authority: ‘Serve me daily’; Pārvatī listens with devotion and readiness.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily sevā (devotional service) is upheld as a steady, practical form of spiritual discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is spoken within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Himalayan sacred setting, associated with Kedāra’s Śaiva sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A daily discipline is indicated: pratyahaṃ sevā—regular devotional attendance/service.