Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

त्वयाख्येयं मम शुभे युक्तं पश्चात्करोम्यहम् । तथेत्युक्ते तया देव्या ययौ देवी गिरिं प्रति

Transliteration

tvayākhyeyaṃ mama śubhe yuktaṃ paścātkaromyaham | tathetyukte tayā devyā yayau devī giriṃ prati

Translation

اے نیک بخت! مجھے بتا کہ کیا مناسب ہے؛ پھر میں اسی کے مطابق عمل کروں گا۔ جب دیوی نے کہا، “ایسا ہی ہو”، تو دیوی پہاڑ کی طرف روانہ ہوئی۔

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• आख्येयम्: to be told, to be explained
• आख्येयम्: Karma (Object to be told/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) → आख्येय (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्तव्य/भाव्य-अर्थ (gerundive): ‘to be told’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण सम्बोधन

• युक्तम्: proper, fitting
• युक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘उचितम्/समुचितम्’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/sequence adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक adverb)

• करोमि: I do
• करोमि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotative marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक particle)

• उक्ते: when it was said
• उक्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; लोके ‘उक्ते’ = ‘when (it was) said’ (locative absolute)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• गिरिम्: to the mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रति: toward
• प्रति: Dik/Pratiyogin (Directional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/पूर्वसर्ग; दिशाबोधक preposition)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) with embedded dialogue

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Giri (tapas-kṣetra of Girisūtā)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A decisive transition: the auspicious one asks to be told what is fitting; upon ‘tathā’ the Devī departs toward the mountain—beginning the tapas-journey.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Devyā/Devatā (the advising goddess)
• Giri (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action (yukta karma) is strengthened by counsel and then confirmed through decisive practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the ‘mountain’ functions as a sacred ascetic setting (giri) in the Śaiva narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general commitment to act ‘as fitting’ is stated; specific ritual details are not given in this verse.