Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 182
Devanagari script
इति पुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा विस्मिता इतराभवत् । चिंतयामास यद्येवं विद्वान्मम सुतो दृढम्
Transliteration
iti putravacaḥ śrutvā vismitā itarābhavat | ciṃtayāmāsa yadyevaṃ vidvānmama suto dṛḍham
Translation
पुत्र के ये वचन सुनकर माता विस्मित हो गई। वह मन में विचार करने लगी—“यदि मेरा पुत्र सचमुच दृढ़ बुद्धि वाला है…”
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
पुत्रवचःthe son's words
पुत्रवचः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र-वचस् (प्रातिपदिक; पुत्र + वचस्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (accusative singular neuter)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)
विस्मिताastonished
विस्मिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविस्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण (nominative singular feminine; past participial adjective)
इतरāthe other (woman)
इतरā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular feminine)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (past 3rd person singular)
चिन्तयामासshe thought / began to think
चिन्तयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (periphrastic perfect sense: began/thought)
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)
विद्वान्learned, wise
विद्वान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (nominative singular masculine; adjective)
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular pronoun)
सुतःson
सुतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular masculine)
दृढम्certainly/firmly
दृढम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative: firmly/indeed)
Speaker
Narrator (speaker not explicit; likely Sūta-style narration within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Mother, newly astonished, sits in thoughtful silence after hearing her son’s bold promise; her expression shifts from grief to reflective wonder.
FAQs
True wisdom naturally inspires wonder and reflection, even in close family members.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this narrative verse.
None; the verse advances the story by describing the mother’s reaction.