Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ततः श्रुत्वा स्मितं कृत्वा चिंतयामास भामिनी । जरा मरणहीनोयं दैत्येन्द्रः शंभुना कृतः

Transliteration

tataḥ śrutvā smitaṃ kṛtvā ciṃtayāmāsa bhāminī | jarā maraṇahīnoyaṃ daityendraḥ śaṃbhunā kṛtaḥ

Translation

Da hörte es die strahlende Dame, lächelte und sann nach: „Dieser Fürst der Daityas ist von Śambhu (Śiva) frei von Alter und Tod gemacht worden.“

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘श्रुत्वा’ = having heard

• स्मितम्: a smile
• स्मितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘स्मितम्’ = smile (as object of ‘कृत्वा’)

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘कृत्वा’ = having done/made

• चिन्तयामास: thought/reflected
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रश्न-परोक्श/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘चिन्तयामास’ = he/she thought (narrative perfect)

• भामिनी: the lady (Bhāminī)
• भामिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Visheshana-bhāva (Qualifier element)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (समासे/वाक्ये ‘जरा-मरण-हीनः’)

• मरणहीनः: devoid of death
• मरणहीनः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maraṇa + hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नञ्/अभावार्थ-निर्देशः): ‘मरणेन हीनः’ = devoid of death; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दैत्येन्द्रः: the Daitya-king
• दैत्येन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): ‘दैत्यानाम् इन्द्रः’ = lord of the Daityas; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शम्भुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• कृतः: made/created
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त/PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘made’

Speaker

Pulastya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahi-pati (king) in the immediate address-context of the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The radiant lady (Devī) hears the report, smiles slightly, and inwardly reflects that the daitya-lord is free from old age and death by Śambhu’s act; a quiet but potent moment of divine strategy.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Śrīmātā / bhāminī)
• Daityendra (Bāṣkali)
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intelligence meets even extraordinary boons with higher strategy; dharma is upheld not only by force but by wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda mountain’s Devī-centered sacred setting frames the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed; the verse explains a crucial boon (jarā-maraṇa-hīnatva) granted by Śiva.