Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तद्येन देहेन मया ताततातोऽभिपीडितः । तत्त्वमेव समुत्स्रक्ष्ये महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

tadyena dehena mayā tātatāto'bhipīḍitaḥ | tattvameva samutsrakṣye mahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

ज्या देहाने मी वडील व आजोबांना पीडा दिली, तोच देह मी भूमी-समुद्राच्या संगमावर त्यागीन।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (deed/thing)
• तत्: Karma/Reference (Object/संदर्भ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘येन’ इत्यस्य सह सम्बन्धः (correlative)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/करणार्थे

• देहेन: with (this) body
• देहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• तात: father
• तात: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थक-प्रयोगेऽपि दृश्यते, अत्र कर्तृपदत्वेन

• तातः: father
• तातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘तात’ इत्यस्य सह द्विरुक्ति-प्रयोगः

• अभिपीडितः: was afflicted/oppressed
• अभिपीडितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + पीड् (धातु) → पीडित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• तत्त्वम्: that very (body/thing)
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Modifier (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — एवकारः (emphasis)

• समुत्स्रक्ष्ये: I will abandon/cast off
• समुत्स्रक्ष्ये: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of earth and ocean (shore)
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘महीसागरयोः संगमः’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

Barbarīka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: māhī-sāgara-saṅgama (as stated)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorse-stricken strong man stands at the edge where earth meets the roaring ocean, declaring he will cast away the very body that oppressed father and grandfather; wind, spray, and dusk intensify the vow.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Sāgara (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Accountability is personal: the same instrument used for harm (the body) is offered for expiation and moral rectification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mahī–sāgara-saṅgama (land–sea confluence) is referenced as a potent purificatory setting, though not named more precisely in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow-like act of self-casting at the confluence is stated as the chosen expiatory act (not a standard rite like dāna or japa).