Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तदैव मादनाक्रांतः शापान्मर्त्यत्वमागतः । सैव ते दयिता राजन्भाविनी न चिरात्सखे

Transliteration

tadaiva mādanākrāṃtaḥ śāpānmartyatvamāgataḥ | saiva te dayitā rājanbhāvinī na cirātsakhe

Translation

In eben jenem Augenblick, von Verblendung der Liebe überwältigt, gerietst du unter einen Fluch und fielst in die Sterblichkeit. Und eben sie wird bald deine Geliebte sein, o König—mein Freund.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• मदन-आक्रान्तः: overcome by Madana (love)
• मदन-आक्रान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madana (प्रातिपदिक) + ā√kram (धातु) → ākrānta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘मदनेन आक्रान्तः’ (instrumental sense)

• शापात्: from/owing to a curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• मर्त्यत्वम्: mortality; human state
• मर्त्यत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martyatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आगतः: attained/entered
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘प्राप्तः/अभवत्’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/same
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; (enclitic genitive)

• दयिता: beloved (woman)
• दयिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• भाविनी: will be; destined to be
• भाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘दयिता’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• चिरात्: after long; long hence
• चिरात्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cirāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'after long')

• सखे: O friend
• सखे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (reporting a divine message; likely Indra’s words within the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial or royal figure, overcome by mada, is shown at the instant a curse takes effect—his aura dimming into mortal condition—while a seer-like speaker foretells that the same woman will soon become his beloved.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhūma
• Mṛgāvatī (implied)
• King (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire binds and can bring suffering, yet dharma also provides a path toward resolution and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified here; the next verses identify the liberating tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it predicts forthcoming events.