Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

हिमशीकरवान्वायुर्द्विगुणं बाधतेऽद्य माम् । वह्निर्न लब्ध इति वै मिथ्यैवोक्तं पितस्त्वया

Transliteration

himaśīkaravānvāyurdviguṇaṃ bādhate'dya mām | vahnirna labdha iti vai mithyaivoktaṃ pitastvayā

Translation

„Dieser Wind, beladen mit eisigen Tautropfen, quält mich heute doppelt. ‚Feuer wurde nicht gefunden‘ — Vater, das hast du wahrlich unwahr gesprochen.“

Word by Word

• hima-śīkara-vān: bearing icy droplets
• hima-śīkara-vān: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक) + śīkara (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हिमशीतल-बिन्दुयुक्तः’ (having icy droplets); तत्पुरुष-आधारः + वन्त-प्रत्यय

• vāyuḥ: wind
• vāyuḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dviguṇam: twofold
• dviguṇam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial measure)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dviguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; द्वितीया-एकवचन-आकारः (adverbial accusative: ‘twofold’)

• bādhate: afflicts
• bādhate: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bādh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम

• adya: today/now
• adya: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• vahniḥ: fire
• vahniḥ: Karta (Subject of quoted clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• labdhaḥ: obtained
• labdhaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘लब्धः’ = obtained/found

• iti: (saying) ‘that’
• iti: Sambandha (quotative/iti-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• mithyā: falsely
• mithyā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mithyā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (falsely)

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• uktam: was said
• uktam: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उक्तम्’ = said (impersonal/statement)

• pitaḥ: O father
• pitaḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (करण/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Vijayadatta (speaking to his father)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cold wind seeps into the room; the boy, shivering intensely, speaks sharply to his father, accusing him of lying about not finding fire.

Characters & Entities

• Vijayadatta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering can cloud judgment; Purāṇic stories often show how distress tests truth, patience, and mutual trust.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it is part of the Setukhaṇḍa story sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.