Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अनयाराधितं नूनं तव पुत्र्या हिमालय । तत्त्वतो हि न जानासि कथं चैव महागिरे

Transliteration

anayārādhitaṃ nūnaṃ tava putryā himālaya | tattvato hi na jānāsi kathaṃ caiva mahāgire

Translation

О Гималая, несомненно, Он был почитаем твоей дочерью. Но ты не знаешь Его в истинной сущности — как мог бы ты, о великая гора?

Word by Word

• अनया: by her/with her
• अनया: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आराधितम्: worshipped
• आराधितम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+राध् (धातु) + आराधित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘worshipped/propitiated’

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of certainty)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पुत्र्या: by (your) daughter
• पुत्र्या: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• हिमालय: O Himālaya
• हिमालय: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• तत्त्वतः: truly/in essence
• तत्त्वतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = ‘in truth/essentially’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• महागिरे: O great mountain
• महागिरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘महान् गिरिः’)

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra region (Himālaya-āśraya)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Himālaya, majestic and snow-crowned, listens as a sage admonishes him: though his daughter Pārvatī worshipped Śiva, Śiva’s true essence remains beyond ordinary knowing.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Pārvatī (implied as 'your daughter')
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion can be intimate, yet the divine essence remains profound; one should honor Śiva’s mystery even while worshipping Him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-Himalayan setting, linking Pārvatī’s worship to the sanctity of Śiva’s Himalayan abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it references worship (ārādhana) as the devotional approach.