Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

हाहा हतास्मि दग्धास्मि विदीर्णहृदयास्मि च । हा विधे मां महापापे दत्त्वा बुद्धिमपातयः

Transliteration

hāhā hatāsmi dagdhāsmi vidīrṇahṛdayāsmi ca | hā vidhe māṃ mahāpāpe dattvā buddhimapātayaḥ

Translation

အိုဟို! ငါ ပျက်စီးသွားပြီ၊ ငါ မီးလောင်သွားပြီ၊ ငါ့နှလုံးလည်း ကွဲပြားသွားပြီ။ အို ကံကြမ္မာကို စီမံသူ ဝိဓာတာရေ၊ ငါ့အား ဉာဏ်ပညာ ပေးပြီးနောက် မဟာအပြစ်ထဲသို့ အဘယ်ကြောင့် ပြန်လည် ကျစေသနည်း။

Word by Word

• हाहा: alas! alas!
• हाहा: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा हा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विस्मय/शोकसूचक उद्गार/interjection)

• हता: killed / ruined
• हता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) “हत”; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/अस्तिक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √अस् “to be”

• दग्धा: burnt
• दग्धा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √दह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) “दग्ध”; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/अस्तिक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विदीर्णहृदया: one whose heart is torn
• विदीर्णहृदया: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √दॄ (धातु) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: विदीर्णं हृदयम् यस्याः सा; ‘विदीर्ण’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) with उपसर्ग वि

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/अस्तिक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• हा: alas!
• हा: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शोकसूचक उद्गार/interjection)

• विधे: O Brahmā (Vidhātr)
• विधे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः नाम

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• महापापे: O great sinner
• महापापे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारय: महत् पापम् (महापापः)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/absolutive): “having given”

• बुद्धिम्: intellect / understanding
• बुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपातयः: you cast down / made fall
• अपातयः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ + √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतन-भूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; causative? (णिच्) not present; here simple: “you caused to fall/you threw down” often used transitively with prefix अ/अप; धातु: √पत्

Speaker

A remorseful sinner/supplicant woman (unnamed in snippet), addressing Vidhi (Fate/Ordainer) in lament

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent cries ‘hā hā’ with a split-heart motif—hands on chest, tears, a scorched aura suggesting inner burning; above, an abstract wheel of fate (vidhi) contrasts with a distant, calm divine presence implying refuge beyond despair.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhi
• Buddhi
• Mahāpāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Awareness (buddhi) must be guided by dharma; otherwise it becomes a witness to one’s own fall, intensifying remorse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a cry of contrition that typically leads into guidance on expiation and refuge.