Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

कथं च योनिलक्षेषु क्रिमिकीटखगादिषु । परिभ्रमामि दुःखौघात्पीड्यमाना निरंतरम्

Transliteration

kathaṃ ca yonilakṣeṣu krimikīṭakhagādiṣu | paribhramāmi duḥkhaughātpīḍyamānā niraṃtaram

Translation

ထို့ပြင် ပိုးကောင်၊ ပိုးမွှား၊ ငှက်တို့စသည့် ယောနီများအတွင်း မွေးဖွားမှု သိန်းချီထောင်ချီကို ဒုက္ခရေကြီးဖြင့် အစဉ်မပြတ် ဖိစီးခံရကာ ငါ မည်သို့ လှည့်လည်လျှောက်လှမ်းရမည်နည်း။

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक/adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/connector conjunction)

• योनिलक्षेषु: in lakhs of births
• योनिलक्षेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: योनिषु लक्षम् (लक्षेषु) / “in lakhs of wombs/births”

• क्रिमिकीटखगादिषु: among worms, insects, birds, etc.
• क्रिमिकीटखगादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिमि + कीट + खग + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/itaretara) + ‘आदि’ (etc.)

• परिभ्रमामि: I wander
• परिभ्रमामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: परि; धातु: √भ्रम् “to wander”

• दुःखौघात्: from a flood of suffering
• दुःखौघात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: दुःखानाम् ओघः

• पीड्यमाना: being tormented
• पीड्यमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पीड् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निरन्तरम्: continuously
• निरन्तरम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): “continuously” (नपुंसक-एकवचन-आकारान्त रूपेण अव्ययीभूतप्रयोगः)

Speaker

A remorseful sinner/supplicant woman (unnamed in snippet), addressing a revered brāhmaṇa/guru

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wheel-like panorama of rebirth: the same jīva symbolically passing through forms—worm, insect, bird—buffeted by waves of suffering, suggesting endless wandering until dharma and devotion intervene.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃsāra
• Yoni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unwholesome karma binds one to long cycles of rebirth; spiritual urgency arises from recognizing saṃsāra’s pain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports the broader Purāṇic call to atonement, discipline, and devotion.