Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

मारणे मोहने वश्ये आकर्षणे च क्षोभणे । यंयं कामयते नूनं ततत्सिद्धिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

māraṇe mohane vaśye ākarṣaṇe ca kṣobhaṇe | yaṃyaṃ kāmayate nūnaṃ tatatsiddhirbhaviṣyati

Translation

മാരണ, മോഹന, വശീകരണ, ആകർഷണ, ക്ഷോഭണ—ഇവയിൽ ആരെന്ത് ഫലം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവോ, നിശ്ചയമായി അതതു സിദ്ധി ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• मारणे: in killing (rite)
• मारणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः (locative of sphere)

• मोहने: in deluding (rite)
• मोहने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• वश्ये: in subjugation (rite)
• वश्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• आकर्षणे: in attraction (rite)
• आकर्षणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

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

• क्षोभणे: in agitation (rite)
• क्षोभणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोभण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• यं: whichever (thing/person)
• यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म-प्रयोगः

• यं: whichever
• यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (distributive)

• कामयते: desires
• कामयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; इच्छार्थक-प्रयोगः (desires)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha/Modifier (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• ततत्: that respective
• ततत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्-तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (each respective)

• सिद्धिः: success, attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-प्रयोगः

• भविष्यति: will occur / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Tripurāntaka (Śiva) (continuing the pronouncement context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A secret instruction on five coercive siddhis (māraṇa, mohana, vaśya, ākarṣaṇa, kṣobhaṇa) being enumerated as attainable according to desire, set against a charged forest-kshetra atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power follows intention; the text implicitly warns that desire-driven aims can manifest results, making dharma and restraint essential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; Dharmāraṇya remains the implied sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No step-by-step rite; it lists categories of siddhi-effects associated with such practices.