Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

पार्वतीदर्शनार्थं च सुतैश्च परिवारितः । तेन दृष्टा महादेवी सखीभिः परिवारिता

Transliteration

pārvatīdarśanārthaṃ ca sutaiśca parivāritaḥ | tena dṛṣṭā mahādevī sakhībhiḥ parivāritā

Translation

เพื่อได้เฝ้าดูพระนางปารวตี และมีเหล่าพระโอรสห้อมล้อม เขาได้ทอดพระเนตรมหาเทวี ผู้มีสหายสตรีรายล้อมอยู่

Word by Word

• पार्वती-दर्शन-अर्थम्: for the purpose of seeing Pārvatī
• पार्वती-दर्शन-अर्थम्: Karma (Purpose-object/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (प्रयोजनार्थक), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पार्वत्याः दर्शनम्; ततः अर्थः = दर्शनार्थम्)

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

• सुतैः: with (his) sons
• सुतैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

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

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘परि’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्टा: was seen
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महादेवी: the great goddess
• महादेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सखीभिः: with (her) friends
• सखीभिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• परिवारिता: surrounded
• परिवारिता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘परि’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān, surrounded by his sons, comes to see Pārvatī; he beholds the Great Goddess encircled by her companions.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Mahādevī
• Himavān
• Menā
• Sakhīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana—beholding the Divine—appears as a grace-filled moment even within family and worldly settings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Himalayan sacred setting is implied; the verse highlights darśana rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on darśana (sacred seeing).