Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

शस्त्रं त्यक्त्वा स्थितो मूर्ध्ना प्रसादायोपचक्रमे । मेधातिथिः सुतं दृष्ट्वा शिरसा पतितं भुवि

Transliteration

śastraṃ tyaktvā sthito mūrdhnā prasādāyopacakrame | medhātithiḥ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā śirasā patitaṃ bhuvi

Translation

武器を捨て、頭を垂れて立ち、赦しを乞い始めた。メーダーティティは、頭を低くして地に伏す我が子を見て、その帰伏と恭順を悟った。

Word by Word

• śastram: weapon
• śastram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज्) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund/absolutive)

• sthitaḥ: stood
• sthitaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'stood/remained'

• mūrdhnā: with (his) head
• mūrdhnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• prasādāya: for favor/grace
• prasādāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of)

• upacakrame: approached/began (to propitiate)
• upacakrame: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + √kram (क्रम्)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; उपसर्गः 'उप'

• medhātithiḥ: Medhātithi
• medhātithiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medhā + atithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• sutam: son
• sutam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund/absolutive)

• śirasā: with (his) head
• śirasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• patitam: fallen
• patitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (पत्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'fallen'

• bhuvi: on the ground/earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (भू) (प्रातिपदिक as noun 'earth')
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Characters & Entities

• Medhātithi
• son (Cira-kārī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and surrender—abandoning aggression and seeking forgiveness—opens the way for reconciliation and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a dharma-narrative within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the ‘practice’ emphasized is ethical: laying down violence and approaching with humility.