Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

शक्रोमि पापिनो देव मन्नियोगेऽन्यमादिश । जगदाधारूपा हि त्वयेशोक्ताः पतिव्रताः

Transliteration

śakromi pāpino deva manniyoge'nyamādiśa | jagadādhārūpā hi tvayeśoktāḥ pativratāḥ

Translation

„O Gott, ich vermag diesen Sünder nicht zu bewältigen; beauftrage einen anderen unter meiner Gewalt. Denn die von Dir verkündeten pativratā-Frauen, o Herr, sind wahrlich die Stütze der Welt.“

Word by Word

• शक्नोमि: I am able
• शक्नोमि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापिनः: sinners
• पापिनः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देव: O god/lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मत्-नियोगे: in my charge/under my authority
• मत्-नियोगे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-सम्बन्धी) + नियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in my commission/appointment)

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of ‘ādiśa’)

• आदिश: appoint/command
• आदिश: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जगत्-आधार-रूपाः: having the form of the support of the world
• जगत्-आधार-रूपाः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘pativratāḥ’)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/कारणसूचक (indeed/for)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणभाव (by you)

• ईश-उक्ताः: declared by the Lord
• ईश-उक्ताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘pativratāḥ’)

• पतिव्रताः: faithful wives (devoted to husbands)
• पतिव्रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिव्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Yama

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama petitions Śiva: ‘I cannot handle this sinner; appoint another.’ He then praises pativratā women as the world’s support—visualized as luminous women standing like protective pillars behind the cosmic order.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Īśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pativratā-dharma is portrayed as a pillar of social and cosmic order; violating it destabilizes the world and demands higher divine intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse praises the dharmic principle of pativratā as world-supporting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is doctrinal praise of pativratā-dharma and a request for administrative action.