Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । इत्याज्ञाप्य च ब्रह्माणं स्वयं सृष्ट्यादिकर्मसु । गृहीत्वा तां सतीं रुद्रः कैलासमधितिष्ठति

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | ityājñāpya ca brahmāṇaṃ svayaṃ sṛṣṭyādikarmasu | gṛhītvā tāṃ satīṃ rudraḥ kailāsamadhitiṣṭhati

Translation

พระอีศวรตรัสว่า: “ครั้นทรงมีพระบัญชาแก่พระพรหมในกิจแห่งการสร้างสรรค์และอื่น ๆ แล้ว พระรุทรทรงรับพระสตีไปด้วย และประทับอยู่ ณ ไกรลาส”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आज्ञाप्य: having commanded
• आज्ञाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तृसम्बन्धी

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण

• सृष्टि-आदि-कर्मसु: in the acts such as creation
• सृष्टि-आदि-कर्मसु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: सृष्ट्यादि (अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः 'सृष्टि आदि') + कर्म (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष); बहुवचन-सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

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

• सतीम्: Satī
• सतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक; √अस् + शतृ/स्त्रीरूप)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य (नाम)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अधितिष्ठति: dwells upon, resides in
• अधितिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative reference) / Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, after instructing Brahmā on creation, gently takes Satī’s hand and ascends to Kailāsa; the mountain shines with snow and celestial attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Brahmā
• Rudra
• Satī
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic duties are distributed by divine command; Śiva remains transcendent yet participates through ordering and sustaining dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the narration sits inside Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya; the verse itself mentions Kailāsa as Śiva’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description of divine administration and residence.