Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा महादेव उमया सहितस्तदा । वृषारूढो गणैः सार्द्धं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

tathetyuktvā mahādeva umayā sahitastadā | vṛṣārūḍho gaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

“تتھاستو” کہہ کر، مہادیو اُس وقت اُما کے ساتھ، بیل پر سوار ہوئے اور اپنے گنوں سمیت وہیں کے وہیں غائب ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक (thus/so)

• इति: saying
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महान् + देवः

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त; सह्/सह-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (accompanied)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• वृषारूढः: mounted on the bull
• वृषारूढः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष + आरूढ (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वृषे आरूढः (mounted on the bull)

• गणैः: with the gaṇas
• गणैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sambandha (Accompaniment marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together with)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + इ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; धातु-प्रयोगः—अन्तर्धीयते (to disappear)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva says ‘tathā’ and, with Umā, mounts Nandin; surrounded by gaṇas, he vanishes at the very spot.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Vṛṣa (Nandin)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana may be brief, but its blessing endures; the boon is sealed by Śiva’s assent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The spot where Śiva granted the boon and disappeared becomes a sanctified locus within the Revā-region tīrtha map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse narrates the completion of the boon-granting encounter.