Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

मृगयूथगता नित्यं मोदते मदविह्वला । व्याधः सिंहः समभवद्गिरेस्तस्य महावने

Transliteration

mṛgayūthagatā nityaṃ modate madavihvalā | vyādhaḥ siṃhaḥ samabhavadgirestasya mahāvane

Translation

Sentiasa bersama kawanan rusa, ia bersuka ria, gelisah oleh mabuk muda. Dan si pemburu itu, di rimba besar gunung tersebut, telah menjadi seekor singa.

Word by Word

• मृगयूथगता: gone into the herd of deer
• मृगयूथगता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृग-यूथ-गत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (गत-प्रत्ययान्त), समासः—मृगयूथे गता (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मदविह्वला: bewildered by intoxication
• मदविह्वला: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद-विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—मदेन विह्वला (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• व्याधः: a hunter
• व्याधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सिंहः: a lion
• सिंहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्याधः इति विशेष्यस्य उपपद-सम्बन्धेन उपमान/नामरूपेण (apposition)

• समभवत्: became
• समभवत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः—सम्

• गिरेः: of the mountain
• गिरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that (mountain)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महावने: in the great forest
• महावने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावन (प्रातिपदिक; महत्+वन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—महच्च तत् वनम् (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style, Sūta to the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-giri (mahāvana)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A doe, lively among a herd, frolics in a sun-dappled forest; in the deeper woods, the former hunter now appears as a powerful lion, newly embodied, surveying the same terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka (implied mountain/forest)
• Vyādha (hunter)
• Siṃha (lion)
• Mṛgī (doe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Embodiment changes according to karma; unruled desire and past actions propel beings into new forms until steadied by dharma and sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-region sacred topography around Raivataka and Vastrāpatha, where the legend unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative groundwork for the māhātmya.