Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

शंकरेणाब्यनुज्ञातः स्वगृहं हिमवान्ययौ । सार्द्धं गिरिजया सोऽपि प्रत्यहं दर्शने स्थितः

Transliteration

śaṃkareṇābyanujñātaḥ svagṛhaṃ himavānyayau | sārddhaṃ girijayā so'pi pratyahaṃ darśane sthitaḥ

Translation

Được Śaṅkara cho phép, Himavān trở về nơi ở của mình. Cùng với Girijā, ông cũng hiện diện mỗi ngày để được darśana (chiêm bái).

Word by Word

• śaṃkareṇa: by Śaṅkara
• śaṃkareṇa: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (masc instrumental singular)

• abhyanujñātaḥ: permitted
• abhyanujñātaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-anu-jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masc nom sg; ‘permitted/consented’)

• sva-gṛham: to (his) own house
• sva-gṛham: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः ‘स्वं गृहम्’ (neuter acc sg; karmadharaya)

• himavān: Himavān
• himavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masc nominative singular)

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (perfect, 3rd person singular)

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक क्रियाविशेषण/उपपद (indeclinable meaning ‘together with’)

• girijayā: with Girijā (Pārvatī)
• girijayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girijā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (feminine instrumental singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (masc nom sg; pronoun)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अपि=also/even (indeclinable)

• pratyaham: every day
• pratyaham: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् ‘प्रति अहः’ (every day)

• darśane: in/for the audience (darśana)
• darśane: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

• sthitaḥ: stood/remained
• sthitaḥ: Kriyā (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masc nom sg; ‘standing/remaining’)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (as devotional reference point)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān returns home with Girijā; both are depicted in steady daily devotion, as if Śiva’s presence is continually before them.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Himavān
• Girijā
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular darśana and steady devotional presence are presented as sustaining spiritual relationship and sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, the Himalayan abode of Himavān and the Kedāra-region milieu are implicitly sanctified through daily divine darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional routine is implied: pratyahaṃ darśana—maintaining daily attendance/vision of the divine.