Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

उवाच वाक्यं चात्रस्तो मातरं रिषपूरिताम् । दिवास्वापं कृथा मातः पादाक्रांतशिरोरुहा

Transliteration

uvāca vākyaṃ cātrasto mātaraṃ riṣapūritām | divāsvāpaṃ kṛthā mātaḥ pādākrāṃtaśiroruhā

Translation

तब भयभीत होकर उसने क्रोधित माता से कहा, "हे माता, आपने दिन में शयन किया और आपके बाल पैरों से स्पर्श हो रहे थे।"

Word by Word

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vākyam: a statement
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (वाक्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• atrastaḥ: unafraid
• atrastaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-trasta (अत्रस्त प्रातिपदिक; na + trasta)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (not frightened)

• mātaram: mother
• mātaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• riṣa-pūritām: filled with anger/affliction
• riṣa-pūritām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: riṣa (रिष प्रातिपदिक) + pūrita (पूरित; √pṝ/पूर् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; क्त-कृदन्त-विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘रिषेण/रिषया पूरिता’ (filled with anger/affliction)

• divā-svāpaṃ: daytime sleep
• divā-svāpaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divā (दिवा अव्यय) + svāpa (स्वाप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययपूर्वपद); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kṛthāḥ: do
• kṛthāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mātaḥ: O mother
• mātaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• pāda-ākrānta-śiroruhā: she whose hair is trampled by feet
• pāda-ākrānta-śiroruhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāda (पाद) + ākrānta (आक्रान्त; √kram/क्रम् + क्त, उपसर्ग आ) + śiroruhā (शिरोरुहा; śiras + ruhā)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘यस्याḥ शिरोरुहाḥ पादेन आक्रान्ताः’ (whose hair is trodden by feet)

Speaker

One of the newly emerged beings (contextually a Marut) addressing Diti (mother)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A frightened figure speaks urgently to Diti, warning her against daytime sleep; Diti appears distressed, hair disheveled/pressed, suggesting vulnerability and the aftermath of assault.

Characters & Entities

• Diti (mother)
• Indra (context)
• Newly emerged beings (contextual Maruts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity requires vigilance; small lapses in discipline can open the door to major reversals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new tīrtha is mentioned; the episode remains within the Puṣkara-centered observance narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoiding divāsvapna (sleeping in daytime) is presented as an important restraint within vow-based discipline.