Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ततः काले चं कस्मिंश्चिदवमेने च तां पिता । मुमूर्षुः पापसंकल्पो दुरात्मा कुलकज्जलः

Transliteration

tataḥ kāle caṃ kasmiṃścidavamene ca tāṃ pitā | mumūrṣuḥ pāpasaṃkalpo durātmā kulakajjalaḥ

Translation

Dann, zu einer späteren Zeit, beleidigte ihr Vater sie. Von sündigem Vorsatz erfüllt und auf Unheil bedacht—böses Gemüt, Schandfleck des Geschlechts—handelte er verächtlich.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from that)

• kāle: at a time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘काले’ (in time/at a time)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — conjunction ‘and’

• kasmiṃcit: in some (occasion)
• kasmiṃcit: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक + निपात)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘कस्मिंचित्’ (in some [time/place])

• avamene: insulted
• avamene: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√man (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘अवमेने’ (he insulted/disrespected)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• tām: her
• tām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘ताम्’ (her)

• pitā: the father
• pitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘पिता’ (father)

• mumūrṣuḥ: desiring to die
• mumūrṣuḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √mṛ + u (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (उणादि/इच्छार्थक), ‘मुमूर्षु’ = मरणे इच्छुकः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — (desirous of dying)

• pāpa-saṃkalpaḥ: evil-intentioned
• pāpa-saṃkalpaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयवत् अर्थः: ‘पापः संकल्पः यस्य’/‘पापसंकल्पः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• durātmā: wicked-souled
• durātmā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दुष्ट आत्मा = ‘दुरात्मा’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kula-kajjalaḥ: a stain on the family
• kula-kajjalaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक) + kajjala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कुलस्य कज्जलः = ‘family’s soot/stain’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense domestic-court scene: the father, proud and contemptuous, publicly insults the Devī; attendants recoil; an ominous stillness suggests impending cosmic rupture.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa (implied as father)
• Satī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward the divine (and toward dharma) becomes a moral downfall and brings ruinous consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse; it is a narrative warning within the Satī–Dakṣa episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, highlighting the fault of avamāna (insult).