Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यथा न काचित्प्रविशेद्योषिदत्र हरांतिके । दृष्ट्वा परां स्त्रियं चात्र वदेथा मम पुत्रक

Transliteration

yathā na kācitpraviśedyoṣidatra harāṃtike | dṛṣṭvā parāṃ striyaṃ cātra vadethā mama putraka

Translation

“จงระวังอย่าให้สตรีใดๆ เข้ามาที่นี่ ใกล้พระหระ และหากเจ้าเห็นสตรีอื่น ณ ที่นี้ จงบอกเราโดยพลัน ลูกเอ๋ย”

Word by Word

• yathā: so that, in such a way that
• yathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction: 'so that/as')

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• kācit: any (woman)
• kācit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kā (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम; Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• praviśet: should enter
• praviśet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + viś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• yoṣit: woman
• yoṣit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Nominative, Singular (apposition to kācit)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• hara-antike: near Hara (Śiva)
• hara-antike: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अन्तिक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; 'near Hara'

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• parām: another, different
• parām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• striyam: a woman
• striyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vadethāḥ: you should say
• vadethāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 2nd person, Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive, Singular

• putraka: dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī issues a firm instruction to her son/attendant at the edge of a sacred grove near Śiva: he stands alert as a guardian, while the inner sanctum area remains secluded and charged with ascetic power.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Her son (addressed as putraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas requires protection of a consecrated boundary—guarding the sanctity of spiritual practice is itself dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes proximity to Hara (Śiva) as sacred space; no named tīrtha is given.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical discipline is stated: restricting entry to preserve the purity and focus of the austerity-site.