Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा चैव तथाभूतस्तं चैव कृतवानसौ

Transliteration

brahmā caiva tathābhūtastaṃ caiva kṛtavānasau

Translation

“আৰু ব্ৰহ্মাও তেনেদৰেই হৈ পৰিল; সিয়েই নিশ্চয় তেওঁকো সেইদৰে কৰি দিলে।”

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; emphasis)

• tathābhūtaḥ: thus transformed
• tathābhūtaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tathā + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘thus become/so formed’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘him/that’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; emphasis)

• kṛtavān: made/did
• kṛtavān: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवत् (perfect participle/agentive past), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘having done/made’

• asau: that one/he
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘that one/he’

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief, emphatic tableau: Brahmā, haloed and four-faced, appears under the same spell—his posture subtly confused—while Nārada’s statement lands like a final proof of the delusion’s breadth.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No embodied status guarantees immunity from illusion; humility before dharma and truth is essential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it continues the explanation of the delusion episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.