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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

सा तु देवी तथा वृत्तमवेक्ष्य भृशदुःखिता । मेने दुरत्ययं दैवमापतत्तत्पुनःपुनः

sā tu devī tathā vṛttamavekṣya bhṛśaduḥkhitā | mene duratyayaṃ daivamāpatattatpunaḥpunaḥ

দেবী এভাবে সব ঘটতে দেখে অত্যন্ত দুঃখিত হলেন; তিনি ভাবলেন, অতিক্রম অযোগ্য বিধি বারবার তাঁর ওপর এসে পড়েছে।

साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
तुbut / indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विशेषार्थ (emphasis/contrast)
देवीthe goddess / lady
देवी:
Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)
तथाthus / in that way
तथा:
Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
वृत्तम्the event / what happened
वृत्तम्:
Karma (Object of avekṣya/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त (वृत् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (PPP used as noun: 'what happened'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)
अवेक्ष्यhaving observed
अवेक्ष्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव-ईक्ष् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen/considered)
भृश-दुःखिताdeeply sorrowful
भृश-दुःखिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier of devī/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभृश (अव्यय) + दुःखित (दुःख्/दुःख धातु/प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (भृशं दुःखिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
मेनेthought / considered
मेने:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
दुरत्ययम्hard to overcome
दुरत्ययम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of daivam/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (दुरत्ययः = दुर्+अत्ययः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
दैवम्fate / divine dispensation
दैवम्:
Karma (Object of mene/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदैव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)
आपतत्was befalling / was coming upon
आपतत्:
Kriya (Relative predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-पत् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्that (same fate)
तत्:
Karma (Object of āpatat/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-viseshana (Repetition/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of repetition)
पुनःagain and again
पुनः:
Kriya-viseshana (Repetition/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (reduplicated for emphasis)

Prahlāda (narration continues)

Tirtha: Haracūḍāmaṇī (nadī-devī)

Type: river

Listener: sages/assembly

Scene: River-goddess on the bank, hair loosened, ornaments dim, gazing at tainted/withdrawn waters; the sky heavy, suggesting inevitability; attendants or aquatic beings retreating.

D
devī
D
daiva (fate)

FAQs

It portrays the human (and divine) experience of sorrow under daiva, preparing the ground for surrender and divine rescue.

The broader setting is Dvārakā-māhātmya; this verse itself is narrative and does not explicitly name a tirtha.

None; it is a narrative description of inner turmoil and the sense of inevitability.