Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

न च संकल्पविधिना मया पाणिग्रहः कृतः । अधुनैव मया कार्यं कर्मविस्तारणं बहु

Transliteration

na ca saṃkalpavidhinā mayā pāṇigrahaḥ kṛtaḥ | adhunaiva mayā kāryaṃ karmavistāraṇaṃ bahu

Translation

Und ich habe den Ritus des Handergreifens (pāṇigraha) nicht nach der vorgeschriebenen Form des feierlichen Saṅkalpa vollzogen. Jetzt wahrlich bleibt mir noch viel zu tun—viele Handlungen sind ordnungsgemäß nach dem Dharma zu fügen.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• संकल्प-विधिना: by the prescribed rite of resolve (saṅkalpa)
• संकल्प-विधिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāna/vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (संकल्पस्य विधिः/विधानम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम

• पाणिग्रहः: the marriage rite (hand-taking)
• पाणिग्रहः: Karma (Patient/Subject of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘hand-taking’ = marriage rite

• कृतः: was performed
• कृतः: Kriyā (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was done’

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (now)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कार्यम्: a task / what must be done
• कार्यम्: Karma (Thing to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘to be done’ (gerundive/ण्यम्) used as noun

• कर्म-विस्तारणम्: the expansion/extension of duties
• कर्म-विस्तारणम्: Karma (Apposition to kāryam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma (प्रातिपदिक) + vistāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः विस्तारणम्)

• बहु: much, many
• बहु: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘कार्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (as dharma-siddhi field)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva admits that earlier the pāṇigraha (hand-taking) was not done with formal saṅkalpa-vidhi; he resolves to undertake extensive actions now to set matters in order.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Saṅkalpa
• Pāṇigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values proper intention and procedure: sacred acts are strengthened when performed with correct resolve and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kedārakhaṇḍa Himalayan narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṅkalpa-vidhi (formal resolve) and pāṇigraha (hand-taking) are referenced as components of proper marriage-rite procedure.