Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

आसीद्दीनमनाः पार्थ शुशोच च महामतिः । स्तवनं चापि देवानां वारयित्वा वचोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

āsīddīnamanāḥ pārtha śuśoca ca mahāmatiḥ | stavanaṃ cāpi devānāṃ vārayitvā vaco'bravīt

Translation

Ô Pārtha, le grand d’âme devint accablé et se lamenta. Retenant même les louanges des dieux, il prononça ces paroles.

Word by Word

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• दीनमनाः: dejected-minded
• दीनमनाः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (dīnaṃ manaḥ yasya / dīna-manas = dejected-minded)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• शुशोच: lamented
• शुशोच: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Nipāta (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महामतिः: the great-minded one
• महामतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (great-minded/wise one)

• स्तवनम्: praise, eulogy
• स्तवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Nipāta (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वारयित्वा: having restrained
• वारयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (धातु; causative of वृ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), णिच्-प्रयोग (causative); 'having restrained/checked'

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada (continuing narrative; vocative 'Pārtha' indicates address to listener)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, though victorious, lowers his gaze; with a gentle hand gesture he restrains the devas’ hymns, his face showing sorrowful introspection.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Pārtha (listener addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True nobility includes moral sensitivity; even when praised, a dhārmic hero reflects on the ethical weight of violence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it introduces a discourse likely leading to prāyaścitta (atonement).