Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततस्तं वीक्ष्य वित्रस्ता विद्रुतासि वरानने । तेनानुयाता घोरेण मांसपिंडजिघृक्षया

Transliteration

tatastaṃ vīkṣya vitrastā vidrutāsi varānane | tenānuyātā ghoreṇa māṃsapiṃḍajighṛkṣayā

Translation

ثم لما رأيتِه ارتعدتِ خوفًا وفررتِ، يا حسنةَ الوجه؛ فتبعك ذلك الكائنُ الرهيب طمعًا في خطف قطعة اللحم.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha/Sequence (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: then/thereupon)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: वि + ईक्ष्; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय

• vitrastā: frightened
• vitrastā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + tras (वि + त्रस् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vidrutā: having fled
• vidrutā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + dru (वि + द्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (वर + आनन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive: वरं आननं यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• anuyātā: followed, pursued
• anuyātā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + yā (अनु + या धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ghoreṇa: by the terrible (one)
• ghoreṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (घोर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण तेन प्रति

• māṃsapiṇḍajighṛkṣayā: due to desire to snatch the lump of flesh
• māṃsapiṇḍajighṛkṣayā: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa + piṇḍa + jighṛkṣā (मांस + पिण्ड + जिघृक्षा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: मांसपिण्डस्य जिघृक्षा ‘desire to seize the lump of flesh’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (instrumental of cause/motive)

Speaker

Rājā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Queen

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The frightened pigeon flees; the dreadful vulture follows closely, intent on snatching the flesh lump—an intense chase charged with peril.

Characters & Entities

• māṃsa-piṇḍa
• gṛdhra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to sense-objects triggers fear and pursuit; the Purāṇic narrative dramatizes how desire entangles beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; this is a continuation of the prior-birth account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narrative.