Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

चत्वारिंशच्च पूर्वाश्च सोमलोके स्मृतास्त्विमाः । छेदनं तापनं बन्धः संसारपरिवर्तनम्

Transliteration

catvāriṃśacca pūrvāśca somaloke smṛtāstvimāḥ | chedanaṃ tāpanaṃ bandhaḥ saṃsāraparivartanam

Translation

Dans le monde de la Lune (Somaloka), on s’en souvient comme de quarante, avec les précédentes : trancher (les obstacles), brûler (affliger), lier, et faire tourner la condition mondaine d’autrui.

Word by Word

• चत्वारिंशत्: forty
• चत्वारिंशत्: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चत्वारिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative plural; संख्याविशेषणम् (इमाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• पूर्वाः: earlier; former
• पूर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative plural; विशेषणम् (इमाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• सोमलोके: in the world of Soma (Moon)
• सोमलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सोमस्य लोकः’

• स्मृताः: are said/remembered
• स्मृताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Past passive participle, Feminine, Nominative plural; ‘स्मृत’ = remembered/said

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/विशेषार्थक) — particle ‘but/indeed’

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative plural; सर्वनाम

• छेदनम्: cutting; severing
• छेदनम्: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छिद् (धातु) + अन (ल्युट्)
• Form: कृदन्त-भाववाचक (ल्युट्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Verbal noun (action noun), Neuter, Nominative singular

• तापनम्: heating; tormenting
• तापनम्: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तप् (धातु) + अन (ल्युट्)
• Form: कृदन्त-भाववाचक (ल्युट्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Verbal noun, Neuter, Nominative singular

• बन्धः: bondage; binding
• बन्धः: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• संसारपरिवर्तनम्: change/turning of worldly existence
• संसारपरिवर्तनम्: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + परिवर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘संसारस्य परिवर्तनम्’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somaloka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A silver-luminous lunar realm with Soma enthroned; around him, glyph-like panels depict four powers: a sword cutting knots (cheda), a flame (tāpana), a noose (bandha), and a turning wheel (saṃsāra-parivartana).

Characters & Entities

• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power to affect others can arise, but Purāṇic dharma implies restraint—such abilities can entangle one further in karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised; the verse references Somaloka as a cosmological realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues a descriptive list of powers rather than prescribing rites.