Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

स्वाश्रमं प्रययौ तूर्णं हालास्येश्वरभक्तिमान् । अथ रामास्तमालिंग्य दुर्द्दमं पतिमातुराः

Transliteration

svāśramaṃ prayayau tūrṇaṃ hālāsyeśvarabhaktimān | atha rāmāstamāliṃgya durddamaṃ patimāturāḥ

Translation

Hālāsyeśvara ergeben, eilte er zu seinem eigenen Āśrama. Da umarmten die Rāmās, von Kummer bedrängt, ihren Gemahl Durdama.

Word by Word

• स्व-आश्रमम्: to (his) own hermitage
• स्व-आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (possessive/determinative: ‘one’s own hermitage’); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रययौ: went forth / departed
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लकारः—लिट् (Perfect); पुरुषः—प्रथम (3rd); वचनम्—एकवचन (Singular); धातुः—या; उपसर्गः—प्र; प्रयोगः—कर्तरि

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• हालास्य-ईश्वर-भक्तिमान्: devoted to Hālāsyeśvara
• हालास्य-ईश्वर-भक्तिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हालास्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘devoted to Hālāsyeśvara’); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—अनन्तरार्थक (sequence marker: ‘then’)

• रामाः: the women (Rāmās)
• रामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st); बहुवचन (Plural)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

• आलिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• आलिङ्ग्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिङ्ग्/लिङ्ग (धातु: आलिङ्ग् ‘to embrace’) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund); धातुः—आलिङ्ग्; अर्थः—‘having embraced’

• दुर्द्दमम्: Durdama
• दुर्द्दमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

• पति-मातुराः: the mothers-in-law
• पति-मातुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (genitive/determinative: ‘husband’s mothers’ i.e., mothers-in-law); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st); बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Śrī Sūta (continuation of narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hālāsyeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha, a Śiva-devotee, departs swiftly toward his hermitage; behind him, the women cling to and embrace Durdama in anxious sorrow, foreshadowing imminent transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Hālāsyeśvara
• Vasiṣṭha
• Durdama
• Rāmāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Īśvara remains a steady refuge even amid family sorrow; the narrative balances bhakti and worldly duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hālāsyeśvara is referenced as a revered Śaiva lord (a sacred place-name/temple epithet), indicating the Purāṇa’s sacred-geography texture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.