Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तपस्तेपे गिरिसुता पुत्रेण परिपालिता । ग्रीष्मे पंचाग्निसंतप्ता वर्षासु च जलोषिता

Transliteration

tapastepe girisutā putreṇa paripālitā | grīṣme paṃcāgnisaṃtaptā varṣāsu ca jaloṣitā

Translation

دخترِ کوہ نے اپنے بیٹے کی حفاظت میں تپسیا کی۔ گرمیوں میں اس نے پانچ آگوں کی تپش سہی، اور برسات میں پانی میں بھیگی رہی۔

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तेपे: performed (austerity)
• तेपे: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• गिरिसुता: the mountain’s daughter (Pārvatī)
• गिरिसुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—गिरेः सुता (daughter of the mountain)

• पुत्रेण: by (her) son
• पुत्रेण: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• परिपालिता: protected
• परिपालिता: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पाल् (धातु) → परिपालित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘(she) was protected’

• ग्रीष्मे: in summer
• ग्रीष्मे: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पञ्चाग्निसंतप्ता: scorched by five fires
• पञ्चाग्निसंतप्ता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + अग्नि + संतप्ता (कृदन्त; सम्+तप्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—पञ्चभिः अग्निभिः संतप्ता (heated by five fires)

• वर्षासु: in the rainy seasons
• वर्षासु: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• जलोषिता: dwelling in water (during rains)
• जलोषिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल + उषित (कृदन्त; √वस्/उष् ‘to dwell’ in sense ‘stayed’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—जले उषिता (dwelling in water)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tapas-sthāna of Girisūtā (Pañcāgni-śikhara)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī performs fierce austerities on the mountain, guarded by her son; in summer she sits amid five fires, and in monsoon she remains soaked—an image of unwavering endurance.

Characters & Entities

• Girisutā (Pārvatī)
• Putra (son—unnamed in this excerpt)
• Pañcāgni-tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast tapas is shown as endurance across conditions; spiritual aim is pursued beyond comfort and season.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the focus is on the ascetic regimen rather than a pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāgni-tapas in summer and water-austerity during rains are described as forms of rigorous vrata.