Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तदेव वेधसः कायं शिरसा योक्तुमुत्सुकः । तत्रैव वेधसः कायं शिरोभिः सहसुव्रताः

Transliteration

tadeva vedhasaḥ kāyaṃ śirasā yoktumutsukaḥ | tatraiva vedhasaḥ kāyaṃ śirobhiḥ sahasuvratāḥ

Translation

Désireux de réunir ce même corps de Vedhas (Brahmā) à une tête, là même fut rassemblé le corps de Vedhas avec les têtes, ô êtres vertueux.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• वेधसः: of Brahmā (Vedhas)
• वेधसः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• कायम्: body
• कायम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शिरसा: with the head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• योक्तुम्: to join
• योक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive), अव्ययभाव; ‘to join/yoke’

• उत्सुकः: eager
• उत्सुकः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्सुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• वेधसः: of Brahmā
• वेधसः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कायम्: body
• कायम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शिरोभिः: with heads
• शिरोभिः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• सुव्रताः: the virtuous ones
• सुव्रताः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सुव्रत = good-vowed/virtuous)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrative turns to the miraculous rejoining of Vedhas’ body with a head; the atmosphere is charged with wonder as the components of Brahmā’s form are prepared for reconstitution at the sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Vedhas (Brahmā)
• Śiva (implied as agent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace restores what is broken—symbolizing the re-establishment of cosmic function when dharma is upheld.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu’s sacred field is implied as the locus of this restorative miracle within the Setu Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the miraculous process of restoration.