Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

गुरुलाघवसंयोगात्तुला तेन निगद्यसे । संशयान्मोचयस्वैनमभिशस्तं नरं शुभे

Transliteration

gurulāghavasaṃyogāttulā tena nigadyase | saṃśayānmocayasvainamabhiśastaṃ naraṃ śubhe

Translation

Parce que tu unis le lourd et le léger, tu es donc appelée Tulā, la Balance. Ô bienheureuse, délivre cet homme accusé de tout doute.

Word by Word

• gurulāghavasaṃyogāt: from the conjunction of heaviness and lightness
• gurulāghavasaṃyogāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + lāghava (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थः: गुरु-लाघवयोः संयोगः

• tulā: (you are) Tulā / the balance
• tulā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंस/पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• nigadyase: you are called/are said
• nigadyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√gad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/नामधेयार्थे (passive/denominative sense: 'you are called')

• saṃśayāt: from doubt
• saṃśayāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• mocaya: free/release
• mocaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative: cause to be freed)

• sva: (please)
• sva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sva (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; आज्ञार्थ-निपात (imperative particle, enclitic)

• enam: this man/him
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); अनाफोरिक-प्रयोगः (enclitic pronoun)

• abhiśastam: accused/charged
• abhiśastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhiśasta (कृदन्त; abhi-√śas धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• naram: man
• naram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā/śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; mantra portion quoted)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulā-devī (invoked as arbiter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The priest, hands folded, addresses an unseen goddess presence above the balance; the accused stands with bowed head; a soft radiance surrounds the scale as if responding; witnesses look relieved as doubt begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Tulā (personified balance goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma seeks clarity and truth; divine invocation is used to dissolve uncertainty in judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplication to the deity of the balance (Tulā) to remove doubt regarding an accused person.