Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र हैमे स्वयं तेन महाभक्त्या निवेदिते । महासने पूजितोहमुपविष्टो महासुखम्

Transliteration

tatra haime svayaṃ tena mahābhaktyā nivedite | mahāsane pūjitohamupaviṣṭo mahāsukham

Translation

Ali, sobre um assento de ouro que ele próprio ofereceu com grande devoção, fui devidamente honrado e sentei-me no grande trono em profunda bem-aventurança.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• हैमे: in the golden (place/seat)
• हैमे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषणम् (आसने/स्थाने)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण; 'oneself, personally'

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental, Singular

• महाभक्त्या: with great devotion
• महाभक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महती भक्तिः)

• निवेदिते: when it had been offered/presented
• निवेदिते: Adhikarana (Circumstantial locative/सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; (सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे: 'when/after it was offered')

• महासने: on a great seat
• महासने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महद् आसनम्)

• पूजितः: honored, worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; (अहं इति कर्तरि)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative, Singular

• उपविष्टः: sat down, seated
• उपविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप+विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महासुखम्: great comfort/joy
• महासुखम्: Karma (Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महद् सुखम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavat-sadana (court/abode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/primary interlocutor in frame (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a radiant mountain court, Himavat personally offers a golden seat; the honored visitor is worshiped and seated on a grand throne, suffused with calm happiness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through respectful hospitality and worship is praised as a dhārmic act that brings auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it highlights the Mahātmya of bhakti and proper reception of a revered guest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (honoring/worship) and offering a proper seat to a worthy visitor are implied as dharmic observances.