Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 121
Devanagari script
ततः पित्रा चिरं स्मृत्वा चिरं चाघ्राय मूर्धनि । चिरं दोर्भ्यां परिष्वज्य चिरंजीवेत्यु दाहृतः
Transliteration
tataḥ pitrā ciraṃ smṛtvā ciraṃ cāghrāya mūrdhani | ciraṃ dorbhyāṃ pariṣvajya ciraṃjīvetyu dāhṛtaḥ
Translation
ثم إن الأب، بعد أن تذكّره طويلاً وشمَّ رأسه طويلاً، عانقه طويلاً بذراعيه وقال: «عِشْ طويلاً!»
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kala/Anukrama (Temporal/sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)
पित्राby the father
पित्रा:
Karana/Karta (Agent in passive sense/करण-कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
चिरम्for a long time
चिरम्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)
स्मृत्वाhaving remembered
स्मृत्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
चिरम्for a long time
चिरम्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
आघ्रायhaving smelled
आघ्राय:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-घ्रा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund); उपसर्ग: आ
मूर्धनिon the head
मूर्धनि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
चिरम्for a long time
चिरम्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय
दोर्भ्याम्with (his) two arms
दोर्भ्याम्:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदोर्/दोस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे बाहुवाचक), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन
परिष्वज्यhaving embraced
परिष्वज्य:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-स्वज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund); उपसर्ग: परि
चिरंजीवlive long
चिरंजीव:
Prayojana/Asih (Benediction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरं + जीव (धातु)
Formआशीर्वादरूपेण प्रयुक्तः अव्ययीभावसमास; संबोधनार्थे (blessing formula)
इतिthus
इति:
Vacana-suchaka (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरणसूचक अव्यय
उindeed/just
उ:
Nipata (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
दाहृतःwas uttered/said
दाहृतः:
Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेष)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-हृ (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The father lifts the son, smells the crown of his head in affection, embraces him tightly with both arms, and pronounces a long-life blessing; the mother watches, relieved.
Characters & Entities
M
MedhātithiS
son (Cira-kārī)FAQs
Forgiveness culminates in blessing; dharma restores harmony through compassion and reconciliation.
No site is named in this verse.
None; it depicts a dhārmic act of blessing and reconciliation.