Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

निंदायुक्तं स्वपितरं विलोक्य रुषिता भृशम् । चिंतयंती तदा देवी कथं यास्यामि मंदिरे

Transliteration

niṃdāyuktaṃ svapitaraṃ vilokya ruṣitā bhṛśam | ciṃtayaṃtī tadā devī kathaṃ yāsyāmi maṃdire

Translation

Melihat ayahnya sendiri sarat dengan celaan, Sang Dewi menjadi sangat murka. Lalu baginda berfikir, “Bagaimanakah aku akan pulang ke rumahku untuk berhadapan dengan Śiva?”

Word by Word

• निन्दायुक्तम्: full of blame/abusive
• निन्दायुक्तम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निन्दा + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (‘with blame’/‘connected with blame’)

• स्वपितरम्: her own father
• स्वपितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘one’s own father’)

• विलोक्य: having seen
• विलोक्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having seen’

• रुषिता: angered
• रुषिता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘angered’

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner/intensity)

• चिन्तयन्ती: thinking
• चिन्तयन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-viseshana (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• यास्यामि: shall I go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• मन्दिरे: to/at the house (temple)
• मन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing Satī’s reaction (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī turns her gaze toward Dakṣa, eyes blazing with restrained fury; around her, the yajña continues mechanically—priests chanting—while the moral center collapses.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Dakṣa
• Śiva (implied as her home/consort)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee cannot tolerate blasphemy of the Divine; inner dharma demands a decisive response to adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the Kedārakhaṇḍa setting remains in the background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it portrays the ethical crisis caused by Śiva-nindā.