Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

पादयोः स्थापयामास मालां दिव्यां सुगंधिनीम् । सादुसाध्विति संप्रोच्य तया तं तत्र चर्चितम्

Transliteration

pādayoḥ sthāpayāmāsa mālāṃ divyāṃ sugaṃdhinīm | sādusādhviti saṃprocya tayā taṃ tatra carcitam

Translation

انہوں نے اس کے قدموں میں ایک الٰہی خوشبودار ہار رکھا۔ “سادھو، سادھو” کہہ کر وہیں اس کی ستائش کے ساتھ اس کا اعزاز کیا۔

Word by Word

• पादयोः: at/on (his) two feet
• पादयोः: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), द्विवचन

• स्थापयामास: placed, set
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (णिच्) implied: स्थापय-

• मालाम्: garland
• मालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मालाम्)

• सुगन्धिनीम्: fragrant
• सुगन्धिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मालाम्)

• सादु: well!
• सादु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सादु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक (interjection/adverb: well!)

• साधु: good!
• साधु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक (well!, good!)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• संप्रोच्य: having said/uttered
• संप्रोच्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having said)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

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

• चर्चितम्: honoured/adorned/worshipped
• चर्चितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर्चित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from चर्च्/चर्चा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative flow)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhavānī bends to place a divine fragrant garland at Śiva’s feet, speaking ‘sādhu sādhu’; devas watch in reverent joy.

Characters & Entities

• The Goddess (Devī)
• Garland (mālā)
• Feet (pāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and reverence—honoring the divine (or the righteous) at the feet with offerings and words of approval is a hallmark of dharmic devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it describes an archetypal act of worship (garlanding at the feet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a fragrant garland at the feet (mālā-arpana, pāda-upacāra) and verbal praise—common upacāras in pūjā.