Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

देवसीमंतिनीकाम्यधम्मिल्लकविमोक्षणः । इत्युक्तो दैत्यराजस्तु प्रणम्य प्रपितामहम्

Transliteration

devasīmaṃtinīkāmyadhammillakavimokṣaṇaḥ | ityukto daityarājastu praṇamya prapitāmaham

Translation

Ainsi exhorté —avec la grâce qui accomplit le désir d’une dame divine et dénoue ses tresses— le roi des Daityas se prosterna devant le Grand-Père primordial (Brahmā).

Word by Word

• deva-sīmaṃtinī-kāmya-dhammillaka-vimokṣaṇaḥ: (one called) Deva-sīmaṃtinī-kāmya-dhammillaka-vimokṣaṇa
• deva-sīmaṃtinī-kāmya-dhammillaka-vimokṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव) + sīmaṃtinī (सीमन्तिनी) + kāmya (काम्य) + dhammillaka (धम्मिल्लक) + vimokṣaṇa (विमोक्षण) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विमोक्षणः—‘release’—with qualifiers; overall epithet/name)

• iti: thus
• iti: Prakaraṇa (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (इति अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: having been addressed/said to
• uktaḥ: Karta (State of subject/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• daitya-rājaḥ: the king of the Daityas
• daitya-rājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (दैत्य) + rājan (राजन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (daityānāṃ rājā)

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधसूचक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (नम् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• prapitāmaham: the great-grandfather (Brahmā)
• prapitāmaham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prapitāmaha (प्रपितामह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Daitya king, having received the boon (including the promise of a divine consort’s fulfillment and the loosening of her hair), bows deeply to Brahmā, the Primeval Grandfather.

Characters & Entities

• Daityarāja
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even antagonistic figures in Purāṇic narrative acknowledge cosmic hierarchy; boons and worldly aims still stand beneath divine sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is identified; this is a narrative description of receiving and accepting a boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts praṇāma (bowing) as a gesture of reverence after the boon.