Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
चखाद शिर उत्कृत्य विप्रपुत्रं दुराशयः । अथ साध्वी कृशा दीना विलप्य भृशदुःखिता
Transliteration
cakhāda śira utkṛtya vipraputraṃ durāśayaḥ | atha sādhvī kṛśā dīnā vilapya bhṛśaduḥkhitā
Translation
Jener Übelgesinnte riss dem Sohn des Brahmanen den Kopf ab und verschlang ihn. Da klagte die keusche Frau – abgemagert und elend – überwältigt von Kummer.
Word by Word
चखादate/devoured
चखाद:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootखाद् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शिरःthe head
शिरः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
उत्कृत्यhaving cut off
उत्कृत्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + कृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव/gerund); ‘having cut off’
विप्रपुत्रम्the Brahmin's son
विप्रपुत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विप्रस्य पुत्रः
दुराशयःthe evil-minded one
दुराशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर् + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (evil-minded)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)
साध्वीthe virtuous woman
साध्वी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
कृशाemaciated
कृशा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण
दीनाwretched
दीना:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण
विलप्यlamenting/having lamented
विलप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव/gerund); ‘having lamented’
भृशदुःखिताdeeply sorrowful
भृशदुःखिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभृश + दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक; √दुःख्/दुःख)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (भृशं दुःखिता)
Speaker
Narrator
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A terrifying man-eater holds the severed head; the mother collapses in grief, thin and trembling, hands raised in lament; the forest darkens, birds scatter, the scene saturated with sorrow and horror.
Characters & Entities
V
vipra-putraS
sādhvīP
puruṣāda (implied)FAQs
Violence against the innocent and the learned is portrayed as extreme adharma, bringing profound suffering and moral downfall.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None; it narrates a grievous act and its emotional aftermath.