Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

रुचिरुवाच । हता तस्य जनिर्नाभूत्कथं पाप दुरात्मना

Transliteration

ruciruvāca | hatā tasya janirnābhūtkathaṃ pāpa durātmanā

Translation

Ruci berkata: “Bukankah kelahirannya sendiri telah binasa—bagaimana mungkin, wahai pendosa, oleh orang yang berhati jahat itu?”

Word by Word

• रुचिः: Ruci
• रुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वक्तृ-निर्देश

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हता: killed/destroyed
• हता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (हन्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जनिः: birth/origin
• जनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनि (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• अभूत्: was/became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (how)

• पाप: O sinful one
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• दुरात्मना: by a wicked person
• दुरात्मना: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दुष्टः आत्मा यस्य/दुरात्मा)

Speaker

Ruci

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ruci speaks with a mix of disbelief and moral outrage, questioning how a wicked man could have caused such ruin; the husband listens, the path to pilgrimage implied as the next step.

Characters & Entities

• Ruci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech within dharma can include strong moral censure when confronting wrongdoing and irreligious conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this line; it is part of the domestic dialogue preceding the pilgrimage theme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.