Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
Devanagari script
ततश्चित्राकृतिरहं स्तम्भितो मुनिनाऽभवम् । व्रीडितं प्रविशामीव स्वांगानि किल लज्जया
Transliteration
tataścitrākṛtirahaṃ stambhito muninā'bhavam | vrīḍitaṃ praviśāmīva svāṃgāni kila lajjayā
Translation
それから私は、奇怪に歪んだ姿へと変えられ、聖仙によって身動きできなくなった。恥のあまり、まるで自らの肢体の中へ縮み入ろうとするかのようであった。
Word by Word
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थः—अनन्तरम् (thereafter)
चित्राकृतिःa strange/variegated form
चित्राकृतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्र-आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (चित्रा आकृतिः)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
स्तम्भितःwas immobilized
स्तम्भितः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तम्भ् (धातु) → स्तम्भित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थः—स्तब्धीकृतः (made motionless)
मुनिनाby the sage
मुनिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by the sage)
अभवम्I became/was
अभवम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect/past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
व्रीडितम्ashamed
व्रीडितम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootव्रीड् (धातु) → व्रीडित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as an adverbial accusative: ‘ashamedly’)
प्रविशामिI enter
प्रविशामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
इवas if
इव:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपमा-सूचक) = indeclinable particle of comparison
स्वाङ्गानिone's own limbs
स्वाङ्गानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य अङ्गानि)
किलindeed
किल:
Prayojaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle) = emphasis/reportive (‘indeed’, ‘as is said’)
लज्जयाfrom/with shame
लज्जया:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootलज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे (out of/with shame)
Speaker
Unspecified narrator (likely the offender speaking in first person within the recited story)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A wrongdoer is suddenly frozen by a sage’s power, body twisted into an unnatural posture; the figure’s face shows burning shame, as if trying to fold inward into his own limbs, while the ascetic stands firm and radiant.
FAQs
Wrongdoing brings inner humiliation; dharma acts not only externally through punishment but internally through conscience and shame.
No sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
None.