Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तद्वाक्यसमकालं च कौशिकत्वमिदं मम । एतावंति दिनान्यासीदष्टाविंशद्दिनं विधेः

Transliteration

tadvākyasamakālaṃ ca kauśikatvamidaṃ mama | etāvaṃti dinānyāsīdaṣṭāviṃśaddinaṃ vidheḥ

Translation

Dès l’instant même où ces paroles furent prononcées, l’état de « Kauśika » s’abattit sur moi ; il ne dura que ce nombre de jours — vingt-huit jours, ô toi que l’Ordre a établi.

Word by Word

• तत्-वाक्य-समकालम्: at the same time as that utterance
• तत्-वाक्य-समकालम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + समकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (तस्य वाक्यस्य समकालम् = at the same time as that statement)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (and)

• कौशिकत्वम्: the state of being Kauśika
• कौशिकत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिकत्व (प्रातिपदिक; कौशिक + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भाववाचक-त्वान्त (state of being Kauśika)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (this)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive)

• एतावन्ति: so many
• एतावन्ति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतावत् (सर्वनाम/परिमाण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक (so many/this many)

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अष्टाविंशत्-दिनम्: a period of twenty-eight days
• अष्टाविंशत्-दिनम्: Apposition/Avadhi (Measure/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टाविंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (अष्टाविंशतिः दिनानि यस्य/अष्टाविंशत्-दिनम् = period of 28 days)

• विधेः: of Vidhi (Brahmā)
• विधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि सम्भवः, अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः (of Brahmā/creator)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator (continuing first-person account within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'vidhe' (ordained one)—a respectful vocative to the interlocutor in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm epilogue-like frame: the narrator marks the onset and duration of the Kauśika-state; visual motif of a lunar cycle or 28-day count (moon phases) to symbolize measured time.

Characters & Entities

• Kauśika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

States gained through boons or curses can be time-bound; divine speech shapes destiny, yet dharma provides a path through changing conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it provides narrative timing about the Kauśika state.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the verse is descriptive (duration and transformation).