Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा तां महेशोऽपि स्वमंगं प्रददौ ततः । वैष्णवं वामभागं सा प्रतिजग्राह पार्वती

Transliteration

ityuktvā tāṃ maheśo'pi svamaṃgaṃ pradadau tataḥ | vaiṣṇavaṃ vāmabhāgaṃ sā pratijagrāha pārvatī

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระมหेशะก็ประทานส่วนแห่งพระวรกายของพระองค์เอง จากนั้นพระนางปารวตีทรงรับรูปไวษณวะไว้ ณ เบื้องซ้าย (วามภาค)

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-निर्देशक (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययभावः, क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महेशः: Mahesha (Shiva)
• महेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (also/even)

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (own)

• अङ्गम्: body/limb
• अङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (then/thereafter)

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava (of Vishnu)
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वामभागम्: the left side/portion
• वामभागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—वामः भागः (कर्मधारय)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रतिजग्राह: accepted/received
• प्रतिजग्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta-style) (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśa grants a portion of his own body; Pārvatī receives it and appears on his left side in a Vaiṣṇava aspect—an Ardhanārīśvara-like composite with a distinctive Vaiṣṇava styling on the left.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśa
• Pārvatī
• Vaiṣṇava (Viṣṇu-associated)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse highlights divine unity and harmony—Śiva’s grace manifests in shared form, integrating Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva symbolism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is narrative within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter; the exact tīrtha is not identified in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction; it describes a divine event/iconographic transformation.