Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

भार्गव उवाच । निशाचरस्य धर्मेण यत्त्वयोद्वाहिता सुता । तस्मान्निशाचरः पाप भव त्वमविलंबितम्

Transliteration

bhārgava uvāca | niśācarasya dharmeṇa yattvayodvāhitā sutā | tasmānniśācaraḥ pāpa bhava tvamavilaṃbitam

Translation

ಭಾರ್ಗವನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—‘ನಿಶಾಚರನ ಧರ್ಮದಂತೆ ನೀನು ಮಗಳನ್ನು ವಿವಾಹ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಹೇ ಪಾಪಿ, ವಿಳಂಬವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ನೀನೇ ನಿಶಾಚರನಾಗು.’

Word by Word

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava
• भार्गवः: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• निशाचरस्य: of a night-roamer (demon)
• निशाचरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• धर्मेण: by the custom/law
• धर्मेण: Karaṇa (Means/according to)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करणम्

• यत्: that which / since
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृ-करणभाव (agent in passive)

• उद्वाहिता: was married off
• उद्वाहिता: Kriya (Predicate in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्वाहित (प्रातिपदिक; उद्+वह् PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सुता: the daughter
• सुता: Karta (Passive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता (passive subject)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Nigamana (Therefore)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-अव्ययवत्)
• Form: हेतौ/निष्कर्षे अव्ययप्रयोगः (therefore/from that)

• निशाचरः: a night-roamer (demon)
• निशाचरः: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• पाप: O sinner
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• अविलम्बितम्: without delay, immediately
• अविलम्बितम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अविलम्बित (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्/अ- + विलम्बित PPP)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-द्वितीया/प्रथमा प्रयोगः; अव्ययीभाव (adverbial accusative) अर्थः—without delay

Speaker

Bhārgava (Paraśurāma/Bhṛgu-lineage sage)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The offender (addressed as ‘pāpa’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Bhārgava brāhmaṇa pronounces a curse with raised hand; the offender recoils as shadowy, nocturnal traits begin to overtake him—symbolic onset of niśācara nature.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava
• niśācara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma—especially in matters of marriage and social duty—brings immediate karmic consequence; wrong conduct reshapes one’s destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse centers on conduct (dharma) and the consequence of violating or mimicking improper custom.