Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

अनिच्छंतीं तदा बालां बलात्सुरतसेवनम् । अथानुपदमागत्य तत्पिता प्रातरेव माम्

Transliteration

anicchaṃtīṃ tadā bālāṃ balātsuratasevanam | athānupadamāgatya tatpitā prātareva mām

Translation

Bien qu'elle fût une jeune fille réticente, j'ai forcé l'union charnelle. Puis, arrivant juste après, son père est venu me trouver au matin.

Word by Word

• अनिच्छन्तीम्: unwilling
• अनिच्छन्तीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिच्छन्ती (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/इच्छ् धातोः शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (बालाम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• बालाम्: the girl
• बालाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• बलात्: forcibly
• बलात्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बलात् (अव्यय; बल + तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारः—हेतुवाचक/रीतिवाचक (by force)

• सुरतसेवनम्: sexual intercourse (lit. service of love)
• सुरतसेवनम्: Karma (Object; act done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरत (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (सुरतस्य सेवनम्)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• अनुपदम्: immediately
• अनुपदम्: Kāla/Anukrama (Immediate sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपदम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अर्थः—‘तत्क्षणानन्तरम्’ (immediately/step by step)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु—आगम् (to come)

• तत्: his/that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पिता)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्ता

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (in the morning)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/just)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Narrator (first-person within the story; embedded narration inside the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark, morally charged tableau: the girl recoils; the man’s forceful posture dominates; dawn approaches as the father’s arrival is foreshadowed.

Characters & Entities

• father of the girl (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harming others through coercion is grave adharma and swiftly brings consequence; dharma protects the vulnerable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates wrongdoing and the approach of retribution.