Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53
Devanagari script
इयेष पिशिताहारं मदिरामदविह्वला । अथ मेषेषु बद्धेषु गोभिः सह बहिर्व्रजे
Transliteration
iyeṣa piśitāhāraṃ madirāmadavihvalā | atha meṣeṣu baddheṣu gobhiḥ saha bahirvraje
Translation
Chancelante sous l’ivresse de la liqueur, elle convoita la viande. Puis, lorsque les moutons furent attachés, elle sortit vers l’enclos extérieur avec les vaches.
Word by Word
इयेषdesired/wished
इयेष:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
पिशिताहारम्meat-food
पिशिताहारम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपिशित + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिशितस्य आहारः)
मदिरामदविह्वलाdistraught from the intoxication of wine
मदिरामदविह्वला:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमदिरा + मद + विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः मदिरा-मदेन विह्वला (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'then/now')
मेषेषुamong the rams/sheep
मेषेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
बद्धेषु(when they were) tied
बद्धेषु:
Sati-saptamī (सति-सप्तमी)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) 'बद्ध'; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
गोभिःwith cows
गोभिः:
Sahakārī (सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakārī (सहकारी)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहकारक-अव्यय (preposition-like: 'with')
बहिःoutside
बहिः:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'outside')
व्रजेin the cattle-pen/pasture
व्रजे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Drunk and craving meat, she staggers toward the cattle-pen at night where sheep are tied; the scene is tense, shadowy, and anticipates a tragic mistake.
FAQs
Intoxication is depicted as clouding judgment and driving harmful cravings, a classic Purāṇic warning about pramāda (heedlessness).
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.