Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सुपार्श्वस्त्वेवमुक्त्वा तां विनिवार्य तपस्तथा । आगच्छदात्मनो लोकमनुनीय तपस्विनीम्

Transliteration

supārśvastvevamuktvā tāṃ vinivārya tapastathā | āgacchadātmano lokamanunīya tapasvinīm

Translation

Après avoir ainsi parlé, Supārśva l’empêcha de poursuivre cette austérité. Ayant apaisé l’ascète, il s’en alla vers sa propre demeure.

Word by Word

• सुपार्श्वः: Suparśva
• सुपार्श्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: then / however
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-बोधक अव्यय (particle: but/then)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विनिवार्य: having restrained / having prevented
• विनिवार्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), उपसर्गः वि+नि; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तपः: austerity / penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (कर्मरूपेण)

• तथा: likewise / in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• आगच्छत्: came / went
• आगच्छत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आत्मनः: of himself / his own
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world / realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनुनीय: having conciliated / having persuaded
• अनुनीय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + नी (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तपस्विनीम्: the ascetic woman
• तपस्विनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Supārśva gently intervenes, calming an ascetic woman mid-austerity; the atmosphere shifts from intense tapas to pacified stillness as he departs to his abode.

Characters & Entities

• Supārśva (Muni)
• Tapasvinī (female ascetic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power is moderated by wise guidance; restraint is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse advances the Setukhaṇḍa storyline rather than praising a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is cessation/limitation of extreme austerity once the boon is granted.