Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तदा मंत्रप्रभावेण मोहिता गिरिजा सती । तमेवाक्रम्य मांसं च शोणितं च भवं पपौ

Transliteration

tadā maṃtraprabhāveṇa mohitā girijā satī | tamevākramya māṃsaṃ ca śoṇitaṃ ca bhavaṃ papau

Translation

Dann, vom Einfluss des Mantras betört, überwältigte die tugendhafte Girijā Bhava selbst und trank (von ihm) Fleisch und Blut.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• मन्त्र-प्रभावेण: by the power of the mantra
• मन्त्र-प्रभावेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; मन्त्रस्य प्रभावः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• मोहिता: bewildered
• मोहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुह् (धातु) → मोहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (girijāyāḥ)

• गिरिजा: Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गिरौ जाता इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठीभाव)

• सती: Satī (the virtuous one)
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपाधि/नाम (apposition to girijā)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• आक्रम्य: having attacked/overpowered
• आक्रम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु) → आक्रम्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शिवनाम

• पपौ: drank
• पपौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating to sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Harasiddhi (Ujjayinī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā, overtaken by mantra-induced delusion, overpowers Bhava (Śiva) in a fierce, uncanny tableau, drinking flesh and blood—an extreme ugra-śakti moment preceding a restorative manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra is potent and must be approached with discipline; the Purāṇic narrative uses shock imagery to stress the overwhelming force of sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate passage continues the Śīkottara-centered origin account (site context from adjacent verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it illustrates mantra-śakti (the force of mantra) within the story.