Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

उमामहेश्वरप्रीत्यै दत्तं विधिवदक्षयम् । यथा श्रीस्तुलसीवृक्षे तथा बिल्वे च पार्वती

Transliteration

umāmaheśvaraprītyai dattaṃ vidhivadakṣayam | yathā śrīstulasīvṛkṣe tathā bilve ca pārvatī

Translation

اُما اور مہیشور کی خوشنودی کے لیے جو کچھ بھی ودھی کے مطابق پیش کیا جائے وہ اَکشَی، یعنی لازوال ہو جاتا ہے۔ جیسے شری تُلسی کے پودے میں بستی ہے، ویسے ہی پاروتی بیل کے درخت میں بستی ہے۔

Word by Word

• उमामहेश्वरप्रीत्यै: for the pleasure of Umā and Maheśvara
• उमामहेश्वरप्रीत्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा-महेश्वर-प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उमामहेश्वरयोः प्रीतिः; तस्यै)

• दत्तम्: given, offered
• दत्तम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘given/offered’

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable, inexhaustible
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दत्तम्/दानम्-विशेषणम्)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/तुलना-सूचक (comparative particle)

• श्रीः: prosperity, auspiciousness
• श्रीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• तुलसीवृक्षे: in/on the tulasī plant
• तुलसीवृक्षे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी-वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तुलस्याः वृक्षः)

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूपता-सूचक (correlative adverb)

• बिल्वे: in/on the bilva (tree)
• बिल्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पार्वती: O Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन; सन्दर्भे सम्बोधनार्थे (हे पार्वति) ग्रहणीयम्

Speaker

Gālava (deduced from immediate chapter-context; narrative dialogue in Paijavana-upākhyāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual offering scene: bilva leaves are offered vidhivat to Umā-Maheśvara; beside the shrine stand a bilva tree glowing with Pārvatī’s presence and a tulasī plant glowing with Śrī’s presence, symbolizing akṣaya merit.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Maheśvara
• Pārvatī
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Tulasī
• Bilva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings made with proper rite for the Divine Couple become akṣaya (imperishable), and sacred plants are living seats of divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya context within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give/offer according to vidhi to Umā-Maheśvara; honor bilva as Pārvatī’s abode (and tulasī as Śrī’s abode).