Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

वसंती चात्र तं वीरं हैडिंबं पतिमाप्स्यसि । एवमाश्वास्य तां देवीं मौर्वीं चाहं व्यसर्जयम्

Transliteration

vasaṃtī cātra taṃ vīraṃ haiḍiṃbaṃ patimāpsyasi | evamāśvāsya tāṃ devīṃ maurvīṃ cāhaṃ vyasarjayam

Translation

یہیں رہتے ہوئے تم اس بہادر ہَیڈِمب کو شوہر کے طور پر پاؤ گی۔ یوں مَوروی دیوی کو تسلی دے کر میں نے اسے رخصت کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• vasantī: Vasantī
• vasantī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasantī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vīram: hero
• vīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इति विशेष्य

• haiḍiṃbam: Haiḍimba (by lineage)
• haiḍiṃbam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haiḍiṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; जाति/सम्बन्धवाचक विशेषण (of Haiḍimba)

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āpsyasi: you will obtain
• āpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• āśvāsya: having consoled
• āśvāsya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-śvas (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘आश्वास्य’ = आश्वासं कृत्वा

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ताम्’ इति विशेष्य

• maurvīm: Maurvī
• maurvīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maurvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vyasarjayam: sent away, dismissed
• vyasarjayam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (or a divine narrator figure) consoles Maurvī, promising she will obtain the hero Haiḍimba as husband; she stands composed as he departs.

Characters & Entities

• Haiḍimba
• Maurvī
• Kāmākhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious outcomes are linked to steadfast residence in a sanctified place and to receiving divine assurance.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified “city/locale” where the goddess is asked to dwell is implied as spiritually potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on residing in the sacred place and divine ordainment of events.