Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
Devanagari script
स्कन्द उवाच । एतैर्भूतगणैः पापैरुल्लंघ्य मम शासनम्
Transliteration
skanda uvāca | etairbhūtagaṇaiḥ pāpairullaṃghya mama śāsanam
Translation
स्कन्द म्हणाला—“या पापी भूतगणांनी माझ्या आज्ञेचे उल्लंघन केले आहे.”
Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; देव-नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु; perfect)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
एतैःby these
एतैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
भूतगणैःby the groups of beings
भूतगणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (भूतानां गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन
पापैःsinful, wicked
पापैः:
Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भूतगणैः)
उल्लङ्घ्यhaving violated
उल्लङ्घ्य:
Sambandha (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + लङ्घ् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having transgressed/overstepped
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
शासनम्command, order
शासनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशासन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: His emanated Śakti (and implicitly the devas present)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Skanda speaks with stern clarity, identifying the sinful bhūta hosts as violators of his command—moment of judgment before action.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaB
Bhūta-gaṇaFAQs
Even unseen beings are bound by divine ordinance; dharma includes respecting limits established by the divine.
No tīrtha is specified in this line; it introduces a corrective action within the narrative.
None in this verse.