Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्नंदति ते माता भृशं नः प्रियकारिणी । कन्यैव या पुरा भीमं त्यक्त्वा मानं पतिं श्रिता

Transliteration

kaccinnaṃdati te mātā bhṛśaṃ naḥ priyakāriṇī | kanyaiva yā purā bhīmaṃ tyaktvā mānaṃ patiṃ śritā

Translation

Freut sich deine Mutter wahrhaftig—sie, die so sehr zu unserem Wohl gehandelt hat—sie, die einst, noch als Jungfrau, Bhīma zurückwies und einen Gatten wählte, der der Ehre würdig ist?

Word by Word

• kaccit: whether?, I wonder
• kaccit: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + cit (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• nandati: rejoices, is happy
• nandati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nand (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mātā: mother
• mātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhṛśam: greatly, very much
• bhṛśam: Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• priyakāriṇī: doing what is dear (to us)
• priyakāriṇī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; (प्रियं करोति इति)

• kanyā: a maiden, girl
• kanyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• purā: formerly, earlier
• purā: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• bhīmam: the terrible one (Bhīma)
• bhīmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (here used substantively)

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• mānam: pride, honor
• mānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• patim: husband, lord
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śritā: having taken refuge in, having resorted to
• śritā: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (आश्रिता)

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), inferred from context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful inquiry about the mother’s joy and her earlier maidenly choice of an honorable husband, recalling a past rejection of a fearsome suitor.

Characters & Entities

• Mother of Haidamba (name not given in snippet)
• Bhīma
• Haidamba

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is reflected in gratitude and in honoring virtuous choices within family and marriage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a relational and ethical inquiry within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns well-being, gratitude, and remembrance of past virtuous decisions.