Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
तूष्णींभूतस्तदा चेंद्रश्चिंतया परया युतः । किं कार्यं किमकार्यं वा इतींद्रो नाविदत्तदा
Transliteration
tūṣṇīṃbhūtastadā ceṃdraściṃtayā parayā yutaḥ | kiṃ kāryaṃ kimakāryaṃ vā itīṃdro nāvidattadā
Translation
അപ്പോൾ ഇന്ദ്രൻ മൗനമായി, ഗാഢചിന്തയിൽ ലീനനായി. ‘എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം, എന്ത് ചെയ്യരുത്?’—അന്ന് ഇന്ദ്രന് തീരുമാനിക്കാനായില്ല।
Word by Word
तूष्णींभूतःhaving become silent
तूष्णींभूतः:
Kartā (Subject, qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottūṣṇīm-bhūta (प्रातिपदिक; तूष्णीम् + भूत)
Formकृदन्त (भू धातोः क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (तूष्णीम् इति) (nom. sg.)
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootindra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nom. sg.)
चिन्तयाby thought
चिन्तया:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootcintā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instr. sg.)
परयाsupreme / intense
परया:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (instr. sg.)
युतःendowed (with)
युतः:
Kartā (Subject, qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyuta (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातोः क्त)
Formकृदन्त (युज् धातोः क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nom. sg.)
किम्what
किम्:
Karman (Object, implied)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)
कार्यम्to be done / duty
कार्यम्:
Karman (Object, deliberated)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nom./acc. sg.)
किम्what
किम्:
Karman (Object, implied)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
अकार्यम्not to be done / improper act
अकार्यम्:
Karman (Object, deliberated)
TypeNoun
Roota-kārya (प्रातिपदिक; अ + कार्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-समाससदृश नकार (negated) (nom./acc. sg.)
वाor
वा:
Vikalpa (Alternative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
इतिthus
इति:
Vākyārtha-sūcaka (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootindra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nom. sg.)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negative particle)
अविदत्knew / understood
अविदत्:
Kriyā (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootvid (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg. imperfect)
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra, struck by uncertainty, becomes silent amid battle—eyes lowered, mind turning over what is right and wrong, while chaos continues around him.
Characters & Entities
I
IndraFAQs
In crisis, even the mighty must pause for dharmic discernment; right action depends on viveka (clear discrimination).
No direct tīrtha praise appears in this verse.
None.