Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सा चाराध्य समानीता मयामरेश्वरपर्वतात् । भक्तानां कामदा सास्ति भट्टादित्यसमीपतः

Transliteration

sā cārādhya samānītā mayāmareśvaraparvatāt | bhaktānāṃ kāmadā sāsti bhaṭṭādityasamīpataḥ

Translation

Поклонившись Ей, я привёл Её с горы Марешвара. Она пребывает близ Бхаттадитьи, даруя преданным желанные благословения.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + √rādh (राध्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययवत्; अर्थः ‘आराध्य’ = having worshipped

• samānītā: was brought
• samānītā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ā + √nī (नी) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘समानीता’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘मया’

• amareśvaraparvatāt: from Amareśvara mountain
• amareśvaraparvatāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amareśvara + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अमरेश्वरस्य पर्वतः)

• bhaktānām: of devotees / for devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (Beneficiary relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kāmadā: wish-granting
• kāmadā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (कामाṃ ददाति इति)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaṭṭādityasamīpataḥ: near Bhaṭṭāditya
• bhaṭṭādityasamīpataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhaṭṭāditya + samīpataḥ (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः; ‘समīपतः’ (ablative-adverb ‘from/at the vicinity of’); समासः तत्पुरुषः (भट्टादित्यस्य समीपतः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Tripurā (implied)
• Mareśvaraparvata
• Bhaṭṭāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī’s localized presence becomes a boon-giving refuge when approached through sincere worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mareśvaraparvata and the area near Bhaṭṭāditya are indicated as the sacred locale of this Devī manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship) is the stated means by which her grace and wish-fulfillment are accessed.