Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

देवसीमंतिनीकाम्यधम्मिल्लकविमोक्षणः । इत्युक्तो दैत्यराजस्तु प्रणम्य प्रपितामहम्

Transliteration

devasīmaṃtinīkāmyadhammillakavimokṣaṇaḥ | ityukto daityarājastu praṇamya prapitāmaham

Translation

So angesprochen —mit der Gabe, die das Verlangen nach einer göttlichen Frau erfüllt und ihre gebundenen Zöpfe löst— verneigte sich der König der Daityas und erwies dem uranfänglichen Großvater (Brahmā) Ehrerbietung.

Word by Word

• deva-sīmaṃtinī-kāmya-dhammillaka-vimokṣaṇaḥ: (one called) Deva-sīmaṃtinī-kāmya-dhammillaka-vimokṣaṇa
• deva-sīmaṃtinī-kāmya-dhammillaka-vimokṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव) + sīmaṃtinī (सीमन्तिनी) + kāmya (काम्य) + dhammillaka (धम्मिल्लक) + vimokṣaṇa (विमोक्षण) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विमोक्षणः—‘release’—with qualifiers; overall epithet/name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Prakaraṇa (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (इति अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: having been addressed/said to
• uktaḥ: Karta (State of subject/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• daitya-rājaḥ: the king of the Daityas
• daitya-rājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (दैत्य) + rājan (राजन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānāṃ rājā)

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधसूचक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (नम् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• prapitāmaham: the great-grandfather (Brahmā)
• prapitāmaham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapitāmaha (प्रपितामह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Daitya king, having received the boon (including the promise of a divine consort’s fulfillment and the loosening of her hair), bows deeply to Brahmā, the Primeval Grandfather.

Characters & Entities

• Daityarāja
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even antagonistic figures in Purāṇic narrative acknowledge cosmic hierarchy; boons and worldly aims still stand beneath divine sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is identified; this is a narrative description of receiving and accepting a boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts praṇāma (bowing) as a gesture of reverence after the boon.