Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्वसामि सततं लोकानां हितकाम्यया । त्वत्पीडां परिचिंत्याह राक्षसेन दुरात्मना

Transliteration

asminvasāmi satataṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | tvatpīḍāṃ pariciṃtyāha rākṣasena durātmanā

Translation

„Ich weile hier unablässig, im Wunsch nach dem Wohl der Welten. Und als ich über die Qual nachdachte, die dir jener böse Rākṣasa zufügte …“

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this (place)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• सततम्: always; continually
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (Adverbial accusative)

• लोकानाम्: of people/worlds
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हित: welfare
• हित: Visheshya (Qualifier base/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रातिपदिक-रूप (in compound)

• काम्यया: with the desire (for)
• काम्यया: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्य (प्रातिपदिक; from √कम् with यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular) (enclitic stem त्वत् in compound)

• पीडाम्: affliction; torment
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिचिन्त्य: having considered
• परिचिन्त्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) + परि (उपसर्ग) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• राक्षसेन: by a demon
• राक्षसेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुरात्मना: by the wicked one
• दुरात्मना: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (evil-souled)

Speaker

Sudarśana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha (Puṣkariṇī)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gālava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sudarśana, hovering above the sacred tank, speaks with compassionate gravity, recalling Gālava’s torment by a rākṣasa; the atmosphere shifts from fear to reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana
• Gālava
• Rākṣasa
• Dharma-tīrtha (implied by 'here')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine powers remain established at tīrthas for the common good (lokahita), especially to shield devotees from harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing discourse concerns Dharma-tīrtha, where Sudarśana states he dwells constantly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the compassionate purpose of divine presence at the tīrtha.