Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

न ददास्युत्तरं विद्धि मृतामेव प्रजापते । इत्युक्तः स तदोवाच तां पत्नीमतिदुःखिताम्

Transliteration

na dadāsyuttaraṃ viddhi mṛtāmeva prajāpate | ityuktaḥ sa tadovāca tāṃ patnīmatiduḥkhitām

Translation

«Sabe que no daré respuesta: (ella) está como muerta, oh Prajāpati». Dicho esto, él habló entonces a aquella esposa sumida en extrema aflicción.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ददासि: (you) give
• ददासि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उत्तरम्: an answer
• उत्तरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विद्धि: know (this)
• विद्धि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मृताम्: dead
• मृताम्: Karman (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• प्रजापते: O Prajāpati
• प्रजापते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ताम्: to her / that (woman)
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पत्नीम्: (his) wife
• पत्नीम्: Karman (Apposition to ताम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अतिदुःखिताम्: very distressed
• अतिदुःखिताम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati + duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (very distressed)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa tradition: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prajāpati/Kaśyapa, grave and restrained, refuses to answer immediately, implying fatal consequence; Diti stands devastated, her sorrow deepening.

Characters & Entities

• Prajāpati (Kaśyapa)
• Diti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray grief as spiritually perilous; wise counsel is required before granting or refusing boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the following verse introduces tapas as the prescribed means.