Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

इत्यार्बुदाख्यानम् । ततो दृष्ट्वा च तां प्राह धिग्नार्य इति त्र्यंबकः

Transliteration

ityārbudākhyānam | tato dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ prāha dhignārya iti tryaṃbakaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le récit d’Arbuda. Puis, l’ayant vue, Tryambaka (Śiva) déclara : «Honte à toi, ô femme !»

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Textual closure marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative/closure)

• आर्बुदाख्यानम्: the Arbuda narrative
• आर्बुदाख्यानम्: Karta (Caption/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: आर्बुदस्य आख्यानम्

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: दृश्; अर्थ: ‘having seen’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धिक्: shame! fie!
• धिक्: Bhava-prakāśa (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक-अव्यय (interjection of censure)

• नार्यै: to the woman
• नार्यै: Sampradana/Target (Dative of address/target)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; (निन्दावाक्ये लक्ष्य)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• त्र्यम्बकः: Tryambaka (three-eyed Śiva)
• त्र्यम्बकः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: त्रीणि अम्बकानि यस्य सः (three-eyed, Śiva)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative frame) and then Śiva (Tryambaka) speaking

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (account concluded)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A caption-like closure ‘Thus ends Arbuda account’; then Śiva (Tryambaka), moon-crested and three-eyed, looks upon Devī and speaks a stern rebuke; the atmosphere tightens, anticipating explanation.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda
• Tryambaka (Śiva)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dialogue sometimes uses sharp speech to introduce deeper teachings on dharma, nature, and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda is explicitly named as the subject of the preceding māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition into Śiva’s instruction.