Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मातरं पितरं दृष्ट्वा सुहृत्संबंधि वांधवान् । अभिवाद्यैव पिरतं मातरं च मुदान्विता

Transliteration

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā suhṛtsaṃbaṃdhi vāṃdhavān | abhivādyaiva pirataṃ mātaraṃ ca mudānvitā

Translation

ماں باپ اور دوستوں، رشتہ داروں اور قرابت داروں کو دیکھ کر وہ خوش ہوئی؛ اور ادب و عقیدت کے ساتھ جھک کر اپنے باپ اور ماں کو پرنام کیا۔

Word by Word

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• सुहृत्: friend
• सुहृत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• सम्बन्धि: relation/kinsman
• सम्बन्धि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• बान्धवान्: kinsmen
• बान्धवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अभिवाद्य: having saluted
• अभिवाद्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-वद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुदान्विता: filled with joy
• मुदान्विता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुद्/मुदा + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘अन्वित’; विशेषण (दाक्षायणी/सा)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-gṛha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī, radiant and composed, greets her mother and father and the gathered kin with joyful reverence—hands folded, eyes lowered—amid a crowded ceremonial household.

Characters & Entities

• Mother
• Father
• Kinsmen

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Veneration of parents and elders is upheld as foundational dharma, even within divine or sacred assemblies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the wider Kedāra sacred landscape; this verse focuses on dharmic conduct rather than a specific spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of abhivādana (reverential salutation) is indicated as proper conduct.