Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

भ्रातॄन्प्रति भगिनी च विचार्यैव ददौ शुभा । तत्कृत्वा सानुमान्यैतान्स्तंभतीर्थमुपागता

Transliteration

bhrātṝnprati bhaginī ca vicāryaiva dadau śubhā | tatkṛtvā sānumānyaitānstaṃbhatīrthamupāgatā

Translation

Die glückverheißende Frau erwog ihre Brüder und ihre Stellung als Schwester und gewährte die Anteile wahrhaftig. Nachdem sie dies getan und sie gebührend geehrt hatte, begab sie sich nach Stambha-tīrtha.

Word by Word

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sampradana (Direction/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रत्यर्थे (towards)

• भगिनी: the sister
• भगिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle): ‘having considered’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुभा: auspicious, noble
• शुभा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ = ‘that (act)’

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• अनुमान्य: having consented/approved
• अनुमान्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+मन् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerundive absolutive) ‘having assented/approved’ (usage: ‘having duly consented’)

• एतान्: these (persons)
• एतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तम्भतीर्थम्: the Stambha-tīrtha (pilgrimage ford)
• स्तम्भतीर्थम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तम्भ-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; स्तम्भ + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘स्तम्भस्य तीर्थम्’

• उपागता: arrived, went to
• उपागता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः: ‘having gone/arrived’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Stambha-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The auspicious woman completes a fair granting to her brothers, offers respectful salutations, then departs with attendants toward a riverside tīrtha marked by a pillar/flagstaff-like emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Stambha-tīrtha
• bhaginī
• bhrātṛ (brothers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wise reflection, respectful conduct, and reconciliation become the doorway to tīrtha-yātrā and spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Stambha-tīrtha is explicitly mentioned as the destination she reaches after settling familial matters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the verse implies tīrtha-going as a dharmic act following proper social duties.