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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

सा तु देवी तथा वृत्तमवेक्ष्य भृशदुःखिता । मेने दुरत्ययं दैवमापतत्तत्पुनःपुनः

sā tu devī tathā vṛttamavekṣya bhṛśaduḥkhitā | mene duratyayaṃ daivamāpatattatpunaḥpunaḥ

Doch die Göttin, als sie sah, wie sich alles so zutrug, wurde von tiefem Schmerz ergriffen. Sie meinte, ein unabwendbares Geschick sei wieder und wieder über sie gekommen.

साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
तुbut / indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विशेषार्थ (emphasis/contrast)
देवीthe goddess / lady
देवी:
Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)
तथाthus / in that way
तथा:
Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
वृत्तम्the event / what happened
वृत्तम्:
Karma (Object of avekṣya/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त (वृत् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (PPP used as noun: 'what happened'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)
अवेक्ष्यhaving observed
अवेक्ष्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव-ईक्ष् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen/considered)
भृश-दुःखिताdeeply sorrowful
भृश-दुःखिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier of devī/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभृश (अव्यय) + दुःखित (दुःख्/दुःख धातु/प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (भृशं दुःखिता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
मेनेthought / considered
मेने:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
दुरत्ययम्hard to overcome
दुरत्ययम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of daivam/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (दुरत्ययः = दुर्+अत्ययः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
दैवम्fate / divine dispensation
दैवम्:
Karma (Object of mene/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदैव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)
आपतत्was befalling / was coming upon
आपतत्:
Kriya (Relative predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-पत् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्that (same fate)
तत्:
Karma (Object of āpatat/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-viseshana (Repetition/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of repetition)
पुनःagain and again
पुनः:
Kriya-viseshana (Repetition/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (reduplicated for emphasis)

Prahlāda (narration continues)

Tirtha: Haracūḍāmaṇī (nadī-devī)

Type: river

Listener: sages/assembly

Scene: River-goddess on the bank, hair loosened, ornaments dim, gazing at tainted/withdrawn waters; the sky heavy, suggesting inevitability; attendants or aquatic beings retreating.

D
devī
D
daiva (fate)

FAQs

It portrays the human (and divine) experience of sorrow under daiva, preparing the ground for surrender and divine rescue.

The broader setting is Dvārakā-māhātmya; this verse itself is narrative and does not explicitly name a tirtha.

None; it is a narrative description of inner turmoil and the sense of inevitability.