Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मुहूर्तपंचमात्रेण नियमोऽस्याः समाप्यते । तत्प्रतीक्षस्व तं कालं पश्चादस्मत्सखीसमम्

Transliteration

muhūrtapaṃcamātreṇa niyamo'syāḥ samāpyate | tatpratīkṣasva taṃ kālaṃ paścādasmatsakhīsamam

Translation

“صرف پانچ مُہورت میں اس کا نِیَم پورا ہو جائے گا۔ اُس وقت تک انتظار کرو؛ پھر ہماری سہیلیوں کے ساتھ تم اُس سے ملاقات کر لینا۔”

Word by Word

• muhūrta-paṃca-mātreṇa: by (within) only five muhūrtas
• muhūrta-paṃca-mātreṇa: Karana (Measure/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक) + paṃca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः (paṃca-mātra) + तत्पुरुषसम्बन्धः; कालपरिमाणवाचकः

• niyamaḥ: the observance/vow
• niyamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• samāpyate: is completed, comes to an end
• samāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present) आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is completed)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (object of 'pratīkṣasva')

• pratīkṣasva: wait (for)
• pratīkṣasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative) आत्मनेपदम्; मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person) एकवचनम्

• tam: that
• tam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to 'kālam')

• kālam: time, period
• kālam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (afterwards)

• asmat-sakhī-samam: together with our friend
• asmat-sakhī-samam: Sahartha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asmat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sakhī (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (adverbial sense: 'together with our friend')

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating; direct speech attributed to Pārvatī’s companions (sakhīs)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sakhīs request the visitor to wait five muhūrtas; they stand as courteous gatekeepers of the vrata, indicating that after the set time he may meet Pārvatī with them present.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Sakhīs
• Brāhmaṇa/Brahmacārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes patience and honoring the timing of vows; spiritual disciplines should not be interrupted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of a niyama is timed (five muhūrtas), implying regulated practice and observance until the vow ends.