Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

मेना हिमवतः पत्नी प्राहेदं पर्वतेश्वरम् । पश्य बालामिमां राजन्राजीवसदृशाननाम्

Transliteration

menā himavataḥ patnī prāhedaṃ parvateśvaram | paśya bālāmimāṃ rājanrājīvasadṛśānanām

Translation

เมนา พระชายาของหิมวาน กล่าวต่อเจ้าแห่งขุนเขาว่า: “ข้าแต่พระราชา โปรดทอดพระเนตรกุมารีน้อยนี้ ผู้มีพักตร์ดุจดอกบัว”

Word by Word

• menā: Menā
• menā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: menā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• himavataḥ: of Himavat (Himālaya)
• himavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• patnī: wife
• patnī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाक्य-वस्तु (the following/this)

• parvateśvaram: O lord of mountains
• parvateśvaram: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे कर्म (addressed object); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (parvatānām īśvaraḥ)

• paśya: see/behold
• paśya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• bālām: the girl/child
• bālām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (as demonstrative)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• rājīva-sadṛśa-ānanām: whose face is like a lotus
• rājīva-sadṛśa-ānanām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rājīva + sadṛśa + ānana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (rājīvavat sadṛśam ānanaṃ yasyāḥ)

Speaker

Menā speaking to Himavān (Himālaya), the lord/king of mountains

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the khanda’s dialogue frame (varies by recension)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Menā, serene and maternal, presents the lotus-faced child to Himavān amid a luminous mountain court; the child’s face glows like a fresh rājīva lotus.

Characters & Entities

• Menā
• Himavān (Himālaya)
• Bhavānī/Pārvatī (as the child, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī’s advent is auspicious and beautifying—her presence signals dharma’s renewal and divine grace in the household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The glorified setting is Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa, within whose Māhātmya this birth narrative is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, celebrating the divine child’s auspicious form.