Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

सर्वैः पूर्वभवोपात्तैस्तदा स्वयमुपस्तितैः । उमापि प्राप्तसंकल्पा पश्चात्तापपरायणा

Transliteration

sarvaiḥ pūrvabhavopāttaistadā svayamupastitaiḥ | umāpi prāptasaṃkalpā paścāttāpaparāyaṇā

Translation

حينئذٍ حضرتْ من تلقاءِ نفسها جميعُ تبعاتِ المواليدِ السابقةِ التي جُمِعَتْ، وأمّا أُوما أيضًا فقد عقدتْ عزمَها، مستغرقةً كلَّ الاستغراق في الندمِ والتوبة.

Word by Word

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying उपस्तितैः)

• पूर्वभवोपात्तैः: acquired from previous births
• पूर्वभवोपात्तैः: Karana (Instrument/association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + भव + उपात्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying उपस्तितैः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Karta-prayoga (Emphatic subject marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक (reflexive adverb ‘oneself’)

• उपस्तितैः: present/attending
• उपस्तितैः: Karana (Instrument/association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘उपस्थित’; तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (with implied noun like ‘गुणैः/भावैः’)

• उमा: Umā
• उमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक (also/even)

• प्राप्तसंकल्पा: having formed a resolve
• प्राप्तसंकल्पा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त + संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying उमा)

• पश्चात्तापपरायणा: devoted to repentance
• पश्चात्तापपरायणा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चात्ताप + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying उमा)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā stands in contemplative sorrow as the weight of past karmic consequences gathers around her like shadowy forms; she steels herself into a repentant resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Umā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic results mature inevitably, and true dharma begins with firm resolve born from repentance and self-correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it advances a Shaiva narrative within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.