Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । यावत्स्नानं करिष्यामि तावत्त्वं द्वारि तिष्ठ मे । आयुधानि च सर्वाणि परश्वादीनि यानि तु

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | yāvatsnānaṃ kariṣyāmi tāvattvaṃ dvāri tiṣṭha me | āyudhāni ca sarvāṇi paraśvādīni yāni tu

Translation

พระแม่ปารวตีตรัสว่า “ตราบใดที่เรากำลังสรงสนาน เจ้ายืนเฝ้าประตูของเราไว้ และจงถืออาวุธทั้งปวง เช่น ขวานเป็นต้น”

Word by Word

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (as long as)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I shall do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तावत्: for that long
• तावत्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (so long/that long)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्वारि: at the door
• द्वारि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तिष्ठ: stand
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th case) एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (my) — ‘at my door’

• आयुधानि: weapons
• आयुधानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (अत्र द्वितीया—गृह्णीहि इत्यर्थे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; आयुधानि विशेषयति

• परशु-आदीनि: beginning with the axe, etc.
• परशु-आदीनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परशु (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (परशु-प्रभृतीनि = beginning with an axe)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (which)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī instructs the newly awakened guardian: stand at the door while she bathes; weapons like an axe are presented; the scene is a command-giving moment establishing duty.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Gaṇeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guarding sacred space and honoring a mother’s vow/ritual privacy is dharma; protection of vrata and snāna is treated as a sacred duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse contributes to the Dharmāraṇya sacred narrative atmosphere rather than a site-glorification passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is explicitly mentioned, along with dvāra-rakṣā (guarding the door) to prevent interruption of the rite.