Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ईजे च क्रतुकर्तारं क्रतुभिः पार्वतीपतिम् । अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि वर्षाणि मुनिपुंगवाः

Transliteration

īje ca kratukartāraṃ kratubhiḥ pārvatīpatim | aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi munipuṃgavāḥ

Translation

ท่านได้บูชาพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งยัญพิธี ผู้เป็นสวามีแห่งพระปารวตี ด้วยยัญกรรมทั้งหลาย โอ้มหามุนี การบูชานั้นดำเนินอยู่ถึงแปดหมื่นแปดพันปี

Word by Word

• ईजे: worshipped/sacrificed
• ईजे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• क्रतुकर्तारम्: the maker of sacrifices
• क्रतुकर्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्रतूनां कर्ता)

• क्रतुभिः: with sacrifices/rites
• क्रतुभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• पार्वतीपतिम्: the husband of Pārvatī (Śiva)
• पार्वतीपतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पार्वत्याः पतिः)

• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि: eighty-eight thousand
• अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाशीति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (अष्टाशीतिः सहस्राणि = ८८,०००)

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण

• मुनिपुंगवाः: the best of sages
• मुनिपुंगवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां पुंगवाः = श्रेष्ठाः)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: मुनिपुंगवाः (best of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Gandhamādana, Brahmā conducts grand sacrificial rites to Śiva, the Lord of sacrifices, for an immense span of years; fires blaze, priests chant, offerings flow.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Pārvatīpati)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, sustained ritual devotion (yajña) offered to Śiva purifies the doer and restores spiritual credibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is within Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred landscape; the passage leads toward the sanctification of Brahmakuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of sacrificial rites (kratus/yajñas) dedicated to Śiva, recognized as the Lord and source of sacrifice.