Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्याराधयतो देव्यस्तुतुषुर्हायनैस्त्रिभिः । ततः प्रत्यक्षतो भूत्वा बलात्तस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

tasyārādhayato devyastutuṣurhāyanaistribhiḥ | tataḥ pratyakṣato bhūtvā balāttasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

เมื่อเขาบำเพ็ญอาราธนาต่อเนื่อง เหล่าเทวีทั้งหลายก็พอพระทัยภายในสามปี ครั้นแล้วทรงปรากฏต่อหน้าโดยประจักษ์ พร้อมจะประทานพลังแก่ผู้มีมหาตมันนั้น

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आराधयतः: (while) worshipping
• आराधयतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like: 'while he was worshipping')
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देव्यः: the goddesses
• देव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तुतुषुः: were pleased
• तुतुषुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• हायनैः: by years
• हायनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequential adverb)

• प्रत्यक्षतः: manifestly, directly
• प्रत्यक्षतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्यक्षतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• बलात्: by force; forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (cause)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted sādhaka completing prolonged worship; the Devīs manifest in radiant, tangible form before him, signaling boon-bestowal.

Characters & Entities

• Devīs
• Suhṛdaya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persevering devotion ripens into direct divine encounter; spiritual effort is portrayed as cumulative and transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the manifestation occurs within the chapter’s sacred setting tied to Dagdhasthalī/Guptakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continued ārādhana (propitiatory worship) over time; the verse highlights duration (three years) rather than a single rite.