Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

स पुरा शोचते व्यक्तं प्राप्य तच्चांतकं गृहम् । तथाहि गृह्यकारेण श्रुतौ प्रोक्तमिदं वचः

Transliteration

sa purā śocate vyaktaṃ prāpya taccāṃtakaṃ gṛham | tathāhi gṛhyakāreṇa śrutau proktamidaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

နောက်တစ်ခါ “နောက်ဆုံးအိမ်” ဖြစ်သော သေမင်းသို့ ရောက်သော် အမှန်တကယ် ဝမ်းနည်းပူဆွေးရသည်။ အကြောင်းမူ ဂృဟ్యပညာ၏ အစဉ်အလာကို ရေးသားသူက ဤစကားကို Śruti တွင် ကြေညာထားသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुरा: formerly/earlier
• पुरा: Modifier (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• शोचते: grieves/laments
• शोचते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• व्यक्तम्: clearly/manifestly
• व्यक्तम्: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम्); क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्राप्य: having reached/obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप् (absolutive/त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थ); पूर्वक्रिया

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (गृहम्)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अन्तकम्: death-bringing/fatal
• अन्तकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (गृहम्)

• गृहम्: house/home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• गृह्यकारेण: by the author of the Gṛhya (text)
• गृह्यकारेण: Karana/Agent-instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह्यकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; समास: गृह्यस्य कारः/कर्ता (गृह्य-कार)

• श्रुतौ: in the Śruti
• श्रुतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (वचः)

• वचः: statement/utterance
• वचः: Karta (Grammatical subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man at life’s end approaching a dark doorway labeled ‘Antaka’; behind him lie neglected scriptures and unperformed rites; a luminous śruti-voice (personified) points toward dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Śruti
• Gṛhya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect of dharma leads to regret at life’s end; scriptural tradition warns that death exposes the futility of complacency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the verse is a moral reflection supported by śruti/gṛhya authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is detailed; it cites the Gṛhya/Śruti tradition to reinforce the warning.