Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 138

Devanagari script

दुष्टानां घातनं लोके पाशेन च निबन्धनम् । एवं सरीसृपाणां च दुःखं मातर्मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

duṣṭānāṃ ghātanaṃ loke pāśena ca nibandhanam | evaṃ sarīsṛpāṇāṃ ca duḥkhaṃ mātarmuhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Dans le monde, les méchants sont mis à mort, et d’autres sont liés par un lacet. Ainsi, ô Mère, les créatures rampantes aussi rencontrent la souffrance encore et encore.

Word by Word

• दुष्टानाम्: of the wicked
• दुष्टानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• घातनम्: slaying
• घातनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हन् (धातु) + णिच् + ल्युट् → घातन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; action-noun (killing)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• पाशेन: with a noose
• पाशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

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

• निबन्धनम्: binding, tying up
• निबन्धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि + बन्ध् (धातु) + ल्युट् → निबन्धन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; action-noun (binding)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• सरीसृपाणाम्: of reptiles
• सरीसृपाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरीसृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

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

• दुःखम्: suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मातर्: O mother
• मातर्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time/frequency)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis); कालवाचक-अव्यय

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative 'mātar' retained from narrative address)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mother (Pārvatī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark allegory: figures of the wicked being struck down, others bound by a noose; alongside, serpents and creeping beings repeatedly meeting peril—suggesting the universal net of bondage.

Characters & Entities

• Sarīsṛpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly life is marked by bondage and violence, and beings repeatedly cycle through pain—prompting a turn toward dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.