Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

लोमश उवाच । एतस्मिन्नंतरे त्वष्टा दृष्ट्वा चेंद्रमहोत्सवम् । बभूव रुषि तोऽतीव पुत्रशोकप्रपीडितः

Transliteration

lomaśa uvāca | etasminnaṃtare tvaṣṭā dṛṣṭvā ceṃdramahotsavam | babhūva ruṣi to'tīva putraśokaprapīḍitaḥ

Translation

قال لوماشَ: وفي تلك الأثناء، إنَّ تفاشتَرَ، لما رأى مهرجان إندرا العظيم، استبدّ به الغضبُ شديدًا، إذ كان معذَّبًا بحزنِه على ابنه.

Word by Word

• lomaśaḥ: Lomaśa (sage)
• lomaśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lomaśa (लोमश-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• antare: interval; meantime
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (अन्तर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• tvaṣṭā: Tvaṣṭṛ
• tvaṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvaṣṭṛ (त्वष्टृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• indra-mahotsavam: Indra’s great festival
• indra-mahotsavam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra-mahā-utsava (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र + महा + उत्सव)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध: इन्द्रस्य महोत्सवः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ruṣiḥ: angry (one)
• ruṣiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ruṣi (रुषि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• atīva: exceedingly
• atīva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अतीव अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अतिशयार्थक (intensifier)

• putra-śoka-prapīḍitaḥ: tormented by grief for (his) son
• putra-śoka-prapīḍitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra-śoka-prapīḍita (प्रातिपदिक; पुत्र + शोक + प्रपीडित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tvaṣṭā इत्यस्य)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s festival blazes with banners and music, while Tvaṣṭṛ stands apart—eyes reddened, jaw set—his grief for his son hardening into rage as he watches the revelry.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked grief and anger can become the seed of wider suffering, even on a cosmic scale.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred frame, but this verse focuses on a divine event (Indra’s festival).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a turning point in the story.