Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवं लोकद्वयं हंत्री परदारप्रधर्षणा । जरामरणहीनोहमिति निश्चयमास्थितः

Transliteration

evaṃ lokadvayaṃ haṃtrī paradārapradharṣaṇā | jarāmaraṇahīnohamiti niścayamāsthitaḥ

Translation

So wurde er durch die Schändung der Frau eines anderen zum Zerstörer beider Welten. Dann verharrte er in der Verblendung: „Ich bin frei von Alter und Tod“, und hielt daran fest.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• loka-dvayam: the two worlds
• loka-dvayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (Neuter, Acc., Singular; ‘two worlds’)

• haṃtrī: slayer, destroyer
• haṃtrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: han (धातु) → hantṛ (कृदन्त; तृच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक (Feminine, Nom., Singular; agent noun ‘slayer’)

• para-dāra-pradharṣaṇā: the violation of another’s wife
• para-dāra-pradharṣaṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pradharṣaṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Singular)

• jarā-maraṇa-hīnaḥ: free from old age and death
• jarā-maraṇa-hīnaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक) + maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nom., Singular; adjective)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, Nom., Singular)

• iti: thus (thinking/that)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• niścayam: a conviction, certainty
• niścayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Acc., Singular)

• āsthitaḥ: having adopted (it), having taken up
• āsthitaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (धातु) → āsthita (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोग (Masculine, Nom., Singular; past participle: ‘having adopted/assumed’)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa as per section convention)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sinner strides confidently, shadowed by Kāla; two paths behind him crumble (this world and next). Above, a subtle hourglass/serpent-time motif; his face shows arrogant certainty.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma—especially violating marital sanctity—destroys merit in both worlds and breeds dangerous delusion such as imagining oneself beyond death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on universal dharma and the protection of pativratā-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a moral diagnosis of sin (pāpa) and its psychological/spiritual consequence.