Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा विससर्जैनं परिष्वज्य महेश्वरः । ब्रह्मविष्णुमुखांश्चैव भक्त्या तैरभिनंदितः

Transliteration

ityuktvā visasarjainaṃ pariṣvajya maheśvaraḥ | brahmaviṣṇumukhāṃścaiva bhaktyā tairabhinaṃditaḥ

Translation

Nói vậy xong, Maheśvara ôm lấy ngài rồi cho lui. Và Brahmā, Viṣṇu cùng các vị khác đã tôn kính ngài bằng lòng sùng kính.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle: thus)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having said)

• visasarja: he dismissed/sent away
• visasarja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• enam: him
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (enam)

• pariṣvajya: having embraced
• pariṣvajya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-ṣvaj (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्तः (absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having embraced)

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• brahma-viṣṇu-mukhān: Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the chief ones
• brahma-viṣṇu-mukhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्; समाहार/निर्देशार्थः—'ब्रह्मा-विष्णु-आदीन् मुख्यान्' इति; तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (मुख्याः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (indeed)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Kartr-karana (Agent group/कर्तृ-समूहः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• abhinaṃditaḥ: was praised/hailed
• abhinaṃditaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-nand (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Nārada (narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva embraces Skanda and dismisses him; Brahmā and Viṣṇu with other devas offer devotional salutations, forming a semicircle of reverence; the moment is tender yet ceremonially grand.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Skanda
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine missions proceed through blessing and humility: even the highest gods honor one another through bhakti and respectful acclaim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it concludes Śiva’s instruction sequence that includes the Staṃbha-tīrtha vow in the prior verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it models devotional honoring (abhinandana) of the divine through bhakti.