Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मुदिता देवी हर्षगङ्गदया गिरा । पप्रच्छ देवदेवेशं शशाङ्ककृतभूषणम्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā muditā devī harṣagaṅgadayā girā | papraccha devadeveśaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtabhūṣaṇam

Translation

اسے دیکھ کر دیوی مسرور ہوئی؛ خوشی اور شفقت سے بہتے ہوئے کلمات کے ساتھ اس نے دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا، چاند کو زیور بنانے والے مہادیو سے سوال کیا۔

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), from √दृश्; ‘having seen’

• मुदिता: joyful
• मुदिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदित (कृदन्त; √मुद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त (past passive participle) from √मुद् ‘to rejoice’

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• हर्षगङ्गदया: with joy, (like) Gaṅgā, and compassion (i.e., with joyful compassionate feeling)
• हर्षगङ्गदया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष + गङ्गा + दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: द्वन्द्व (हर्ष-गङ्गा-दया) ‘joy, Gaṅgā, compassion’ (collective); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• गिरा: by speech, with words
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• पप्रच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• देवदेवेशम्: the Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः ईशः → देवदेवेश); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• शशाङ्ककृतभूषणम्: whose ornament is made of the moon (moon-adorned)
• शशाङ्ककृतभूषणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शशाङ्क + कृत + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: तत्पुरुष (शशाङ्केन कृतं भूषणं यस्य/यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); देवदेवेशम् इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādāruvana (Revā-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, radiant and smiling, turns toward Śiva with soft, compassionate eyes; Śiva stands calm, crescent moon on his matted hair, as the riverbank āśrama glows behind them; the moment is intimate, conversational, and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Umā/Pārvatī)
• Devadeveśa (Śiva)
• Śaśāṅka (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent inquiry into a holy place—asked with devotion—opens the way to understanding tīrtha-mahātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The newly seen waterside āśrama/tīrtha in Revā Khaṇḍa, which prompts Umā’s question.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse establishes the start of a Śiva–Devī explanatory dialogue.