Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तदा चिंतान्वितो भूत्वा शक्रः स्वगृहमाव्रजत् । एतस्मिन्नंतरे स्वर्गे ह्यनिष्टान्द्भुतानि च

Transliteration

tadā ciṃtānvito bhūtvā śakraḥ svagṛhamāvrajat | etasminnaṃtare svarge hyaniṣṭāndbhutāni ca

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ശക്രൻ ആശങ്കയിൽ മുങ്ങി തന്റെ വസതിയിലേക്കു മടങ്ങി. അതിനിടയിൽ സ്വർഗത്തിൽ അശുഭവും അനിഷ്ടകരവുമായ അത്ഭുതലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടാൻ തുടങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• चिन्ता-अन्वितः: filled with anxiety
• चिन्ता-अन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः—चिन्तया अन्वितः (endowed with worry)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having become’

• शक्रः: Śakra
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वगृहम्: his own house
• स्वगृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—स्वस्य गृहम् (one's own house)

• आव्रजत्: went to, returned to
• आव्रजत्: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√vraj (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (लोके); ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• अनिष्ट-अद्भुतानि: inauspicious wonders/omens
• अनिष्ट-अद्भुतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aniṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—अनिष्टानि अद्भुतानि (inauspicious portents)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra returns to his palace, face clouded with worry; the sky of Svarga darkens with strange signs—unseasonal winds, dimmed brilliance, unsettling omens among the devas.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma in leadership creates cosmic disorder; inner guilt is mirrored by outer inauspicious signs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is identified in this verse; it advances the Kedārakhaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the context implies the need for atonement and restoration of dharma.