Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

इयं च देवयोषित्ते तत्र भार्या भविष्यति । एवं स ब्रह्मणा शप्तो विधूमः खिन्नमानसः

Transliteration

iyaṃ ca devayoṣitte tatra bhāryā bhaviṣyati | evaṃ sa brahmaṇā śapto vidhūmaḥ khinnamānasaḥ

Translation

«Et cette jeune fille céleste deviendra là ton épouse.» Ainsi maudit par Brahmā, Vidhūma eut le cœur accablé.

Word by Word

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• devayoṣit: a divine woman
• devayoṣit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां योषित् = देवयोषित्)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• śaptaḥ: cursed
• śaptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śap (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vidhūmaḥ: Vidhūma
• vidhūmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• khinnamānasaḥ: with a distressed mind
• khinnamānasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khinna (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (खिन्नं मानसं यस्य/खिन्नमानसः)

Speaker

Brahmā (first sentence); Narrator (second sentence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) interlocutor of the Setu-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā pronounces a curse; Vidhūma stands with bowed head, downcast, while a radiant apsaras (the ‘celestial maiden’) is indicated as future spouse; cosmic court ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vidhūma
• Alambusā (as devayoṣit, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma binds beings into worldly relations; even marriage can be framed as the outworking of prior acts and divine ordinance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.