Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

निवेदिता वीरकेण विवेश च गिरेः सुता । तस्मिन्काले महाभागा सदा यद्वदुपैति सा

Transliteration

niveditā vīrakeṇa viveśa ca gireḥ sutā | tasminkāle mahābhāgā sadā yadvadupaiti sā

Translation

เมื่อวีรกะทูลแจ้งแล้ว ธิดาแห่งขุนเขาก็เสด็จเข้าไป ในกาลนั้น นางผู้มีบุญยิ่งก็ก้าวเข้าใกล้ดังที่เคยเป็นมา ตามกิริยาที่คุ้นเคย

Word by Word

• निवेदिता: having been announced/informed
• निवेदिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘सूचना/निवेदन’ अर्थे

• वीरकेण: by Vīraka
• वीरकेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; करणम्

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

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

• गिरेः: of the mountain
• गिरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• तस्मिन्: at that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• महाभागा: very fortunate/noble
• महाभागा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यद्वत्: just as/according to manner
• यद्वत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘as/just as’)

• उपैति: approaches/comes
• उपैति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप√इ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīraka announces; Pārvatī enters with auspicious composure, moving forward in her familiar, disciplined manner.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Gireḥ sutā)
• Vīraka
• Himālaya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion is shown through consistent approach and service—faith expressed as regular, reverent presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the scene is set in an āśrama-like sacred setting around Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; implied is respectful attendance and service in a sacred space.