Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अश्वत्थस्य महाभाग सर्वेषां सफलो भवेः । तथैव भाषमाणा सा सुवर्चा तनयं प्रति । पतिमन्वगमत्साध्वी परमेण समाधिना

Transliteration

aśvatthasya mahābhāga sarveṣāṃ saphalo bhaveḥ | tathaiva bhāṣamāṇā sā suvarcā tanayaṃ prati | patimanvagamatsādhvī parameṇa samādhinā

Translation

“โอ้ ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ด้วยอัศวัตถะ เจ้าจักเป็นผู้บันดาลให้ความมุ่งหมายทั้งปวงสำเร็จ” ครั้นสุวรรจาตรัสดังนี้แก่บุตรแล้ว นางผู้เป็นสาธวีได้ตามสามีไป เข้าสู่สมาธิอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• aśvatthasya: of the Aśvattha (tree)
• aśvatthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvattha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘mahān bhāgaḥ yasya’ (O greatly fortunate one)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• saphalaḥ: fruitful/successful
• saphalaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘phala-sahitaḥ’ (fruitful)

• bhaveḥ: may you become
• bhaveḥ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: thus/in that way
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• bhāṣamāṇā: speaking
• bhāṣamāṇā: Karta (Participial qualifier of sā/suvarcā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी—‘speaking’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• suvarcā: Suvarcā
• suvarcā: Karta (Apposition to sā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarcā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tanayam: (her) son
• tanayam: Karma (Object with prati)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prati: towards/to
• prati: Karma-pravacanīya (governing accusative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like particle)

• patim: (her) husband
• patim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• anvagamat: followed/went after
• anvagamat: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + gam (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अनु

• sādhvī: the virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Karta (Apposition to sā/suvarcā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• parameṇa: with supreme
• parameṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• samādhinā: meditation/trance
• samādhinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating; direct speech by Suvarcā within the verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aśvattha (Pippala) associated locus within Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Suvarcā blesses Pippalāda: through the aśvattha he will fulfill aims; then she enters supreme samādhi, following her husband—an image of serene withdrawal after fierce resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Suvarcā
• Pippalāda
• Aśvattha (Pippala) tree
• Dadhīci (implied husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and sacred symbols (like the aśvattha) become channels of grace; steadfastness and samādhi are honored as the culmination of dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s sacred geography is the frame; here the aśvattha (pipal) itself is elevated as a powerful sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse implies spiritual attainment through samādhi and sanctity associated with the aśvattha.