Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

प्राहिणोदंबिकायाश्च स्थिरपत्रार्थमीश्वरः । सारुंधतीकास्ते तत्र ह्लादयंतो हिमाचलम्

Transliteration

prāhiṇodaṃbikāyāśca sthirapatrārthamīśvaraḥ | sāruṃdhatīkāste tatra hlādayaṃto himācalam

Translation

为求得坚贞之叶作为吉祥之信物，主宰遣他们往见安毗迦。诸位尊者—德行如阿伦达蒂—遂在彼处令喜马山欢悦。

Word by Word

• prāhiṇot: sent forth
• prāhiṇot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hi (धातु; हि गतौ/प्रेषणे) उपसर्गः प्र
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद-रूपसदृशं (परिपूर्ण-भूतार्थे), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; अर्थतः ‘प्रेषयामास’

• ambikāyāḥ: of Ambikā (Pārvatī)
• ambikāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात (conjunction)

• sthira-patra-artham: for obtaining the sthira-patra (firm leaves)
• sthira-patra-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (स्थिरपत्रार्थम् = for the firm leaves/leaf-offering); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (अर्थ-शब्दः)

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• sāruṃdhatīkāḥ: (women) together with Arundhatīs
• sāruṃdhatīkāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + aruṃdhatikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (सारुंधतीकाः = along with Arundhatīs / with Arundhatikās); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• hlādayantaḥ: gladdening, delighting
• hlādayantaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hlādayant (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √hlād ह्लादने, णिच् शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदी-कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘causing to rejoice’

• himācalam: Himālaya (snow-mountain)
• himācalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himācala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारय (हिमः अचलः = snowy mountain); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himācala (Himālaya)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva dispatches the seven sages on an auspicious errand to Ambikā; the sages, radiant and virtuous like Arundhatī, move through the Himalaya, making the mountain rejoice.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Ambikā (Pārvatī)
• Arundhatī
• Himālaya (Himācala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious acts performed for divine purposes, done with steadiness and purity (Arundhatī-like virtue), delight even the sacred Himalaya—symbolizing nature’s participation in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Himālaya/Himācala is praised as the sacred mountain realm associated with Ambikā (Pārvatī) and Śiva’s divine wedding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata or dāna is prescribed; the verse highlights auspicious preparations and tokens (sthirapatra) connected to the divine wedding.