Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
स्वीयेन कर्मणा दक्षो हतो ब्रह्मन्न संशयः
Transliteration
svīyena karmaṇā dakṣo hato brahmanna saṃśayaḥ
Translation
Par son propre acte, Dakṣa fut conduit à la ruine, ô Brahmā — il n’y a là aucun doute.
Word by Word
स्वीयेनby his own
स्वीयेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Instrumental singular; adjectival)
कर्मणाby (his) action/deed
कर्मणा:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
दक्षःDakṣa
दक्षः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन (Nominative singular)
हतःwas slain/killed
हतः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम् (past passive participle; predicate)
ब्रह्मन्O Brahman (O Brahmā)
ब्रह्मन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (Vocative singular)
नnot / no
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Pradhāna (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular); वाक्ये विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)
Speaker
Śiva (continuing from previous verse)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Brahmā (addressed as Brahman/Parameṣṭhin in adjacent verses)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A solemn didactic moment: Rudra (or a sage-voice) declares that Dakṣa’s downfall is self-caused; the atmosphere is grave, with the shadow of the disrupted sacrifice implied rather than shown.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaB
BrahmāD
DakṣaFAQs
Accountability is central to dharma: harmful pride and wrongdoing mature into consequences through one’s own karma.
None; the focus is ethical causality within the Dakṣa narrative.
None.