Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा करं क्षिप्य दक्षिणं सकलं ततः । निःसृतः पापकारी चेज्ज्वरेणापीड्यते क्षणात्

Transliteration

evamuktvā karaṃ kṣipya dakṣiṇaṃ sakalaṃ tataḥ | niḥsṛtaḥ pāpakārī cejjvareṇāpīḍyate kṣaṇāt

Translation

ऐसा कहकर दाहिना हाथ पूरी तरह (जल में) डालकर, बाहर निकलने पर यदि वह पापी है, तो क्षण भर में ज्वर से पीड़ित हो जाता है।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; (having said)

• करम्: hand
• करम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षिप्य: having cast/let go
• क्षिप्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; (having thrown/cast)

• दक्षिणम्: right (hand)
• दक्षिणम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (करम् इति)

• सकलम्: entire/whole
• सकलम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (करम् इति)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरम्/तस्मात् (then/thereupon)

• निःसृतः: having come out / emerged
• निःसृतः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः + सृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले कृदन्त (past passive participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पापकारी: evil-doer
• पापकारी: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पापं करोति इति)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (if)

• ज्वरेण: by fever
• ज्वरेण: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• आपीड्यते: is afflicted/tormented
• आपीड्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• क्षणात्: immediately / within a moment
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative/time-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; कालवाचक (from/within a moment)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sangama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the oath, the devotee extends the right hand fully and steps out of the water; a sinful person is shown suddenly seized by fever—reddened face, trembling—while onlookers react with awe.

Characters & Entities

• Jvara (fever)
• Dharma ordeal
• Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bear immediate fruits in a charged sacred setting; tīrtha-power is portrayed as swiftly exposing wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama, where the ordeal is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After the truth-invocation, the right hand is fully extended/cast; the outcome (affliction or not) indicates guilt.