Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

संचिंत्यैवमुवाचेदं वीरकं प्रति शैलजा । अधो लज्जाविकारेण वदनेनांबुजत्विषा

Transliteration

saṃciṃtyaivamuvācedaṃ vīrakaṃ prati śailajā | adho lajjāvikāreṇa vadanenāṃbujatviṣā

Translation

یوں سوچ کر شیلجا نے ویرک سے یہ بات کہی؛ حیا کے اثر سے اس کا کنول کی سی دمک والا چہرہ جھک گیا تھا۔

Word by Word

• संचिंत्य: having reflected
• संचिंत्य: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु) → संचिन्त्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having thought)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इदं: this (speech)
• इदं: Karma (Object—what was said/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीरकं: Vīraka
• वीरकं: Karma (Object—towards whom/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वसर्ग/संबन्धबोधक (towards/with regard to)

• शैलजा: the mountain-born (Pārvatī)
• शैलजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शैलात् जाता)

• अधः: downwards
• अधः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/क्रियाविशेषण (downwards)

• लज्जाविकारेण: by a change (caused) by shame
• लज्जाविकारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक) + विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लज्जायाः विकारः)

• वदनेन: with (her) face
• वदनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अम्बुजत्विषा: with lotus-like radiance
• अम्बुजत्विषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक) + त्विष्/त्विषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अम्बुजस्य त्विषा)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame); verse describes Śailajā speaking

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vīraka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śailajā, after reflection, addresses Vīraka; her lotus-bright face is lowered with modesty, the expression softened—an intimate moment before a corrective or consoling statement.

Characters & Entities

• Śailajā (Pārvatī)
• Vīraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine figures embody humility and restraint; speech after reflection is praised in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it transitions into the revelation that leads toward Arbudāraṇya/Acaleśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description setting the tone for the ensuing instruction.