Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

यदाश्लिष्य मदाविष्टा जारेण विधवा पुरा । तेन पापेन महता बहुकुष्ठव्रणान्विता

Transliteration

yadāśliṣya madāviṣṭā jāreṇa vidhavā purā | tena pāpena mahatā bahukuṣṭhavraṇānvitā

Translation

Weil einst eine Witwe, vom Rausch ergriffen, einen Buhlen umarmte, wurde sie durch diese große Sünde von vielen aussätzigen Geschwüren heimgesucht.

Word by Word

• yat: that (fact) that
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्

• āśliṣya: having embraced
• āśliṣya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + śliṣ (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having embraced’

• mada-āviṣṭā: overcome by intoxication
• mada-āviṣṭā: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mada + āviṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—मदेन आविष्टा (possessed by intoxication); ‘आविष्ट’ = ā+viś धातोः क्त

• jāreṇa: with a paramour
• jāreṇa: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सहकारक/सहयोग (with)

• vidhavā: a widow
• vidhavā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhavā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ

• purā: formerly
• purā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

• tena: by that
• tena: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; हेतु/करण

• pāpena: by (that) sin
• pāpena: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; हेतु/करण

• mahatā: great
• mahatā: Hetu/Karana (Cause-Qualifier/हेतु-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (pāpena इति विशेष्यस्य)

• bahu-kuṣṭha-vraṇa-anvitā: afflicted with many leprous sores and wounds
• bahu-kuṣṭha-vraṇa-anvitā: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu + kuṣṭha + vraṇa + anvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—बहवः कुष्ठाः च व्रणाः च (समाहार) तैः अन्विता (endowed with); ‘अन्वित’ = anu+ i धातोः क्त

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Brahmottara Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral diptych: a widow in intoxicated stupor embracing a paramour; the karmic result shown as a body marked with leprous sores and wounds, evoking social isolation and suffering; dharma as a distant lamp extinguished.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic frame links unrestrained conduct—especially under intoxication—to heavy karmic repercussions manifesting in the body.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named here; the broader passage later turns to the saving power of Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it serves as a cautionary account about mada (intoxication) and adharma.