Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मण्डपे दह्यमाने तु सहसोत्थाय संभ्रमात् । सा वेश्या मर्कटं तत्र मोचयामास बंधनात्

Transliteration

maṇḍape dahyamāne tu sahasotthāya saṃbhramāt | sā veśyā markaṭaṃ tatra mocayāmāsa baṃdhanāt

Translation

ولما كان الجناح يحترق، نهضت فجأةً في اضطرابٍ وفزع؛ وهناك أطلقت تلك البغيُّ قردًا من قيوده.

Word by Word

• मण्डपे: in the pavilion
• मण्डपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• दह्यमाने: while (it was) burning
• दह्यमाने: Kriyā (Participial; locative absolute sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; ‘मण्डपे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly)

• उत्थाय: having gotten up
• उत्थाय: Kriyā (Gerund)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having risen’

• संभ्रमात्: from confusion/panic
• संभ्रमात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वेश्या: the courtesan
• वेश्या: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अपपद

• मर्कटम्: the monkey
• मर्कटम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मोचयामास: released/set free
• मोचयामास: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect/आम-प्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बंधनात्: from the bondage/rope
• बंधनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; अपादान (source/separation)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit in verse snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: mandapa (sacralized pavilion)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Amid flames and smoke, the courtesan, startled awake, rushes to a corner and unfastens a rope/chain, releasing a frightened monkey; firelight illuminates her face and the animal’s wide eyes.

Characters & Entities

• Veśyā
• Markaṭa (monkey)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion in crisis is a mark of dharma; even amid fear, one can choose mercy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an ethical act (freeing a bound creature).