Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

जननी सर्वलोकस्य भाविनी भूतभाविनी । तद्यथा शीघ्रमेवैषा योगं यातु पिनाकिना

Transliteration

jananī sarvalokasya bhāvinī bhūtabhāvinī | tadyathā śīghramevaiṣā yogaṃ yātu pinākinā

Translation

她是一切世界之母，成就吉祥者，亦为万有众生之慈惠力量。因此，愿她迅速与持弓者毗那迦因（湿婆，执毗那迦弓者）证得瑜伽合一。

Word by Word

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all the worlds
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• भाविनी: beneficent; auspicious
• भाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक; √bhū/√bhav-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भूतभाविनी: creator/sustainer of beings
• भूतभाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta + bhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सम्बन्ध/कर्मधारयार्थ); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तद्: so/that
• तद्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत्; ‘that’ in correlative construction with यथा

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Purpose/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/उपमान (as/so that)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणरूपे नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन); manner adverb

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• एषा: she
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• योगम्: union; yoga
• योगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यातु: may (she) go/attain
• यातु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिनाकिना: with Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सह/साधनार्थ (with Pinākin=Śiva)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (Umā–Pinākin union motif)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himālaya (contextual addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional proclamation: Devī is mother of all worlds and beneficent to beings; a prayer is voiced that she quickly attains union (yoga) with Pinākin Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Pinākin)
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Śiva–Śakti union is portrayed as a cosmic necessity for the welfare of all worlds and beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is cited; the focus is theological (Śiva–Pārvatī union).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it expresses an auspicious intention (maṅgala-kāmanā) for divine union.