Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अन्तर्वत्नीं समाहूय शारदां विनताननाम् । अतर्जयन्सुसंक्रुद्धाः केचिदासन्पराङ्मुखाः

Transliteration

antarvatnīṃ samāhūya śāradāṃ vinatānanām | atarjayansusaṃkruddhāḥ kecidāsanparāṅmukhāḥ

Translation

ഗർഭിണിയും തലകുനിഞ്ഞ മുഖവുമുള്ള ശാരദയെ വിളിപ്പിച്ച്, ചിലർ അത്യന്തം ക്രോധത്തോടെ അവളെ ഭീഷണിപ്പെടുത്തി ശാസിച്ചു; ചിലർ മുഖം തിരിച്ചു നിന്നു.

Word by Word

• अन्तर्वत्नीम्: pregnant (woman)
• अन्तर्वत्नीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्वत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive) ‘having called/summoned’

• शारदाम्: Śāradā
• शारदाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• विनत-आननाम्: with downcast face
• विनत-आननाम्: Karma-anvaya (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनत (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; कर्मधारय (विनतम् आननं यस्याः)

• अतर्जयन्: they threatened/rebuked
• अतर्जयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; 3rd pl imperfect

• सु-संक्रुद्धाः: very enraged
• सु-संक्रुद्धाः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग/उपपद) + संक्रुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; कर्मधारय (सु = अत्यर्थं; संक्रुद्धाः = very angry)

• केचित्: some (of them)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite) ‘some’

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; 3rd pl imperfect

• पराङ्मुखाः: turned away, averse
• पराङ्मुखाः: Karta-anvaya (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāradā is brought before the council, head bowed, hands clasped; some men shout and gesture threateningly; others avert their gaze; the elders sit tense, torn between order and compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Assembly members (some enraged, some averse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger and social stigma can eclipse dharma; truth-seeking requires patience, compassion, and proper inquiry before judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it portrays communal reaction and ethical failure rather than a rite.