Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता सा तथा चक्रे पुष्करस्था समाहिता । वर्तंत्या नियमे तस्याः सहस्राक्षः समाहितः

Transliteration

ityuktā sā tathā cakre puṣkarasthā samāhitā | vartaṃtyā niyame tasyāḥ sahasrākṣaḥ samāhitaḥ

Translation

فلما قيل لها ذلك فعلت كما أُمِرت—أقامت في بوشكرا (Puṣkara) بقلبٍ ثابتٍ مجموع. وبينما كانت تمضي في نذرها وانضباطها، ظلّ سَهَسْرَاكشا (Sahasrākṣa، إندرا) أيضًا متيقّظًا مترصّدًا شديد الانتباه.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिबोधक) — quotative particle

• उक्ता: (having been) told
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — past passive participle: “having been told/addressed”

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular

• तथा: so/accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — adverb

• चक्रे: did/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — perfect, 3rd person singular; आत्मनेपद

• पुष्करस्था: staying at Puṣkara
• पुष्करस्था: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: “पुष्करे स्थिता” (situated at Puṣkara)

• समाहिता: composed, intent
• समाहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally: “composed/collected”

• वर्तन्त्याः: of her observing/while she observed
• वर्तन्त्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive absolute-like relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) → वर्तन्ती (शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — present active participle, feminine genitive singular: “while she was observing”

• नियमे: in discipline
• नियमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — masculine locative singular

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — feminine genitive singular

• सहस्राक्षः: Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; बहुव्रीहि: “सहस्रम् अक्षाणि यस्य” (thousand-eyed), epithet of Indra

• समाहितः: composed, attentive
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular: “composed/attentive”

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Diti seated in austerity near Puṣkara’s sacred waters, dawn light on the lake, lotuses and ghats; Indra in the sky or at a distance, vigilant with vajra, watching the progress of her vow.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Puṣkara
• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady observance of niyama (disciplined vow) strengthens inner focus and makes one’s spiritual effort consequential even to the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is highlighted as the place where the vow is undertaken and sustained with concentration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A continued niyama/vow-observance (vrata) with mental composure (samādhi-like steadiness) is implied.