Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
Devanagari script
इति संचिंत्य वरय वरं यस्मान्न शंकसे । ततः संचिंत्य दैत्येंद्रः शिशुतः सप्तवासरात्
Transliteration
iti saṃciṃtya varaya varaṃ yasmānna śaṃkase | tataḥ saṃciṃtya daityeṃdraḥ śiśutaḥ saptavāsarāt
Translation
«فإذن تأمّل واختر نعمةً لا يعتريك فيها شكّ.» ثم تفكّر سيدُ الدايتيّا، و(وضع شرطًا) يتعلّق بطفلٍ عمره سبعةُ أيام.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरणार्थक-निपात (quotative)
saṃciṃtyahaving considered
saṃciṃtya:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam-√cint (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having thought)
varayachoose
varaya:
Kriya (Action/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
varama boon
varam:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
yasmātfrom which / because of which
yasmāt:
Hetu (Reason/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन, सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
śaṃkaseyou fear/doubt
śaṃkase:
Kriya (Action/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√śaṅk (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/कालवाचक अव्यय (then)
saṃciṃtyahaving considered
saṃciṃtya:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam-√cint (धातु) + ल्यप्
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund)
daitya-indraḥthe demon-king
daitya-indraḥ:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord of demons)
śiśutaḥfrom childhood
śiśutaḥ:
Apadana (Source/Starting point)
TypeNoun
Rootśiśu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन
sapta-vāsarātfrom (the period of) seven days
sapta-vāsarāt:
Apadana (Source/Limit)
TypeNoun
Rootsapta (संख्या) + vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (seven-day period)
Speaker
Brahmā (contextually continuing counsel) / Narrator framing
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Brahmā urges the daitya to choose a boon without doubt; the daitya-king broods, calculating a condition involving a seven-day-old child.
Characters & Entities
B
BrahmāD
Daityendra (Tāraka)S
Seven-day childFAQs
Cunning attempts to bypass cosmic law may succeed temporarily, but Purāṇic dharma shows that loopholes become the very path of retribution.
None; it is a narrative hinge leading toward Skanda’s emergence as the destined counterforce.
None.