Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

प्रहस्य गौरी प्रोवाच शंकरं त्वतिसुंदरी । हारितं च पणं देहि मम चाद्यैव शंकर

Transliteration

prahasya gaurī provāca śaṃkaraṃ tvatisuṃdarī | hāritaṃ ca paṇaṃ dehi mama cādyaiva śaṃkara

Translation

พระคุรีผู้เลอโฉมยิ่งนักทรงแย้มสรวลแล้วตรัสแก่พระศังกรว่า “โอ้พระศังกร จงมอบของเดิมพันที่พระองค์แพ้ให้แก่ข้า—วันนี้เองเถิด”

Word by Word

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + हस् (धातु) → प्रहस्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having laughed’

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘said/spoke’

• शंकरम्: to Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• अतिसुन्दरी: very beautiful
• अतिसुन्दरी: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (गौरी-विशेषण)

• हारितम्: forfeited
• हारितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु) → हारित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘taken away/forfeited’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: ‘and’)

• पणम्: stake/wager
• पणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: to me / my
• मम: Sampradāna/Adhikāra (Recipient/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kālādhi karaṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: ‘indeed/just’)

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī (Gaurī) speaking to Śiva (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī smiles, leaning slightly forward, addressing Śiva with affectionate authority; her hand gestures toward the dice-board as she asks for the lost wager; Śiva sits composed, ornamented, listening.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes honoring commitments; a vow or stake, once accepted, should be fulfilled without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the textual landscape of the section, but this verse is a dialogue scene rather than a pilgrimage instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request to deliver the wager.