Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

श्रीदेव्युवाच । एवं भवतु ते विप्र तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । पराशरो महात्मा वै स्थापयामास पार्वतीम्

Transliteration

śrīdevyuvāca | evaṃ bhavatu te vipra tatraivāntaradhīyata | parāśaro mahātmā vai sthāpayāmāsa pārvatīm

Translation

శ్రీదేవి పలికెను—హే విప్రా, అలాగే జరుగుగాక; నేను ఇక్కడే అంతర్ధానమగుదును. అప్పుడు మహాత్మ పరాశరుడు అక్కడే పార్వతీదేవిని ప్రతిష్ఠించెను.

Word by Word

• श्रीदेवी: the revered Goddess (Śrī Devī)
• श्रीदेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + देवी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बोधन-पूर्वक कर्तृनिर्देशः

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• भवतु: let it be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared/withdrew
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महात्मा: great-souled
• महात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of पराशरः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/प्रमाणार्थक निपात (assertive particle)

• स्थापयामास: installed/caused to be set up
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (causative)

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha associated with Parāśara’s Devī–Śaṅkara pratiṣṭhā (name not explicit in verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king/prince (nṛpa / nṛpanandana addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parāśara stands at a riverbank tīrtha; Devī speaks a boon-like assent and becomes subtle/unmanifest as the sage establishes Pārvatī’s presence at the spot.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Śrī Devī)
• Parāśara
• Narmadā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace responds to sincere devotion, and sacred places arise through the meeting of boon and consecration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Parāśara-associated Devī-sannidhāna tīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā is indicated—establishing the deity’s presence at the site.