Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60
Devanagari script
ललाटे च कृतो धर्मो युष्माकं च महेश्वर । छित्त्वा शिरस्तथाङ्गानि इन्द्रियाणि न संशयः
Transliteration
lalāṭe ca kṛto dharmo yuṣmākaṃ ca maheśvara | chittvā śirastathāṅgāni indriyāṇi na saṃśayaḥ
Translation
হে মহেশ্বর! দণ্ডবিধানের ধর্ম তো আপনার ললাটেই স্থাপিত—শির, অঙ্গ ও ইন্দ্রিয় ছেদন; এতে সন্দেহ নেই।
Word by Word
ललाटेon the forehead
ललाटे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootललाट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
कृतःmade/placed
कृतः:
Kriyā (Predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
धर्मःdharma / decree
धर्मः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
युष्माकम्of you (all)
युष्माकम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (2nd person pronoun)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
महेश्वरO Great Lord
महेश्वर:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootमहā (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
छित्त्वाhaving cut off
छित्त्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
TypeVerb
Rootछिद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
शिरःthe head
शिरः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/likewise)
अङ्गानिlimbs
अङ्गानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन
इन्द्रियाणिsenses/organs
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन
नnot/no
न:
Sambandha (Negator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Viṣṇu (contextual continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Viṣṇu speaks of dharma inscribed on Śiva’s forehead—evoking the third eye as the seat of ordinance; imagery of severing (symbolic of decisive justice) hovers as a warning.
Characters & Entities
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ViṣṇuM
Maheśvara (Śiva)FAQs
Cosmic justice is portrayed as an established divine ordinance—firm and unavoidable when adharma becomes violent.
No; the verse is theological and narrative rather than tīrtha-descriptive.
None.