Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तप्तांबरीषतुल्येन अयोगुडनिभेन च । प्रतप्तसिकतेनापि ताम्रपात्रनिभेन च

Transliteration

taptāṃbarīṣatulyena ayoguḍanibhena ca | prataptasikatenāpi tāmrapātranibhena ca

Translation

त्या मार्गावर तो तप्त लोखंडी गोळ्यासारखा, लोखंडाच्या ढिगासारखा, जळत्या वाळूसारखा आणि तापलेल्या तांब्याच्या पात्रासारखा पीडित होतो।

Word by Word

• तप्त: heated
• तप्त: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• अम्बरीष: charcoal/embers (ambārīṣa)
• अम्बरीष: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• तुल्येन: like/equal to
• तुल्येन: Karana (Standard of comparison/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अ: non-/not
• अ: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ (नञ्-प्रत्यय; अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नञ् (negation prefix) used in compound formation

• योगुड: iron ball/lump (yoguḍa)
• योगुड: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• निभेन: resembling/like
• निभेन: Karana (Standard of comparison/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

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

• प्रतप्त: thoroughly heated
• प्रतप्त: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तप् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• सिकतेन: with hot sand
• सिकतेन: Karana (Instrument/standard/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिकता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (also/even)

• ताम्र: copper
• ताम्र: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• पात्र: vessel
• पात्र: Samasa-angam (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक (as compound member)

• निभेन: resembling/like
• निभेन: Karana (Standard of comparison/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

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

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yāmyamārga (tormenting stretch)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bleak road where the subtle-bodied jīva is made to endure burning ordeals: a glowing iron mass pressing near, red-hot metal lumps, fields of scorching sand, and a heated copper vessel radiating waves of heat.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It warns that wrongdoing yields intense suffering after death, expressed through strong physical metaphors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised; it is a moral-eschatological description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as deterrence, encouraging dharma to avoid such torment.