Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

वेगेन गात्रं भिंदन्ती वृष्टिश्चासीत्सुदुःसहा । तद्दृष्ट्वा स तु दुष्पण्यश्चिंतयन्भृशदुः खितः

Transliteration

vegena gātraṃ bhiṃdantī vṛṣṭiścāsītsuduḥsahā | taddṛṣṭvā sa tu duṣpaṇyaściṃtayanbhṛśaduḥ khitaḥ

Translation

വേഗത്തോടെ ശരീരം പിളർക്കുന്നതുപോലെ സഹിക്കാനാകാത്ത മഴ പെയ്തു. അത് കണ്ട ദുഷ്പണ്യൻ ചിന്തയിൽ മുങ്ങി അത്യന്തം ദുഃഖിതനായി.

Word by Word

• vegena: with force
• vegena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• gātram: body
• gātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• bhindantī: piercing
• bhindantī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), प्रथमा (1), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; कर्तरि

• vṛṣṭiḥ: rain
• vṛṣṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

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

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• su-duḥ-sahā: very hard to endure
• su-duḥ-sahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + duḥ (अव्यय) + sahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (‘सुदुः’ उपपद-पूर्वक) अर्थे—अतिशयेन असह्या

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• duṣ-paṇyaḥ: unfortunate / in a bad plight
• duṣ-paṇyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + paṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपपद-पूर्वक), अर्थे—दुर्भाग्य/दुर्दशायुक्त

• cintayan: thinking
• cintayan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), प्रथमा (1), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि

• bhṛśa: greatly
• bhṛśa: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśa (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• duḥ-khitaḥ: distressed
• duḥ-khitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participial adjective)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sheets of rain lash a solitary figure; water splashes off the ground; the traveler hunches, clutching himself, face drawn with worry.

Characters & Entities

• Duṣpaṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic suffering presses the mind toward reflection; hardship can become the doorway to remorse and reform.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it continues the Setukhaṇḍa storyline connected to Setu-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.