Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

विलोकनमिषेणागादाश्रमोपस्थितं ह्रदम् । निपपात च तत्रासौ चुक्रोशातितरां ततः

Transliteration

vilokanamiṣeṇāgādāśramopasthitaṃ hradam | nipapāta ca tatrāsau cukrośātitarāṃ tataḥ

Translation

見回るふりをして、彼は庵（アーシュラマ）の近くにある池へと赴いた。そこで彼は落ち込み、ついで甚だしく大声で叫んだ。

Word by Word

• विलोकनमिषेण: on the pretext of looking
• विलोकनमिषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलोकन + मिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अगात्: he went
• अगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• आश्रमोपस्थितम्: situated near the hermitage
• आश्रमोपस्थितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रम + उपस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उप + स्था + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषणम् (ह्रदम्)

• ह्रदम्: to the lake
• ह्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निपपात: he fell down
• निपपात: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• असौ: that man/he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चुक्रोश: he cried out
• चुक्रोश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अतितराम्: excessively, very much
• अतितराम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतितर (प्रातिपदिक; अति + तर)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereupon)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āśrama-hrada (unnamed)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brahmacārin walks toward a lake beside the hermitage under the guise of sightseeing; suddenly he slips/falls into the water and cries out loudly, ripples spreading across the hrada.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacārī
• Āśrama (hermitage)
• Hradā (lake/pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often set up tests of integrity; outward actions can conceal inner intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Only an āśrama-adjacent lake is mentioned; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative, describing movement to a hermitage lake.