Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

भर्तृयोगयुता पापैर्दृष्टाहं वधचिन्तकैः । पाशबन्धं समादाय बद्धाहं स्वामिना सह

Transliteration

bhartṛyogayutā pāpairdṛṣṭāhaṃ vadhacintakaiḥ | pāśabandhaṃ samādāya baddhāhaṃ svāminā saha

Translation

Obwohl ich bei meinem Gemahl war, erblickten mich jene sündigen Männer, die auf Mord aus waren; sie nahmen ihre Schlingen aus Seil und fesselten mich zusammen mit meinem Herrn.

Word by Word

• भर्तृयोगयुता: united with (my) husband
• भर्तृयोगयुता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भर्तृ + योग + युत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ (अनुक्त) इति विशेषणम्

• पापैः: by sinful (men)
• पापैः: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘वधचिन्तकैः’ इति विशेषणम्

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karma (Patient in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वधचिन्तकैः: by those intent on killing
• वधचिन्तकैः: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध + चिन्तक (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृवाचक (agent)

• पाशबन्धम्: a noose-binding / rope-tie
• पाशबन्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having taken)

• बद्धा: bound
• बद्धा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karma (Patient in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वामिना: with (my) lord/master
• स्वामिना: Sahakaraka (Companion/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

Speaker

A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmant-vana / vicinity of Hanūmanteśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Father and the king (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hunters with noose-ropes bind the maiden and her husband together; expressions of fear and cruelty; forest darkness and tense body language convey imminent harm.

Characters & Entities

• Hunters (lubdhaka)
• Noose/bondage (pāśa-bandha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intentional violence (vadhacintā) is portrayed as deep adharma that binds beings into suffering—contrasted against the liberating power of a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues within the Revā/Narmadā Hanūmant forest sacred zone (Hanūmanteśvara context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is narrative and moral causality.