Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

अनिच्छंतीं तदा बालां बलात्सुरतसेवनम् । अथानुपदमागत्य तत्पिता प्रातरेव माम्

Transliteration

anicchaṃtīṃ tadā bālāṃ balātsuratasevanam | athānupadamāgatya tatpitā prātareva mām

Translation

သူမသည် ငြင်းဆန်သော မိန်းမပျို ဖြစ်သော်လည်း ကျွန်ုပ်သည် အတင်းအဓမ္မ ပေါင်းသင်းခဲ့သည်။ ထို့နောက် မနက်မိုးလင်းသည်နှင့် တပြိုင်နက် သူမ၏ ဖခင် ရောက်ရှိလာခဲ့သည်။

Word by Word

• अनिच्छन्तीम्: unwilling
• अनिच्छन्तीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिच्छन्ती (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/इच्छ् धातोः शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (बालाम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• बालाम्: the girl
• बालाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• बलात्: forcibly
• बलात्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बलात् (अव्यय; बल + तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारः—हेतुवाचक/रीतिवाचक (by force)

• सुरतसेवनम्: sexual intercourse (lit. service of love)
• सुरतसेवनम्: Karma (Object; act done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरत (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (सुरतस्य सेवनम्)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• अनुपदम्: immediately
• अनुपदम्: Kāla/Anukrama (Immediate sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुपदम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अर्थः—‘तत्क्षणानन्तरम्’ (immediately/step by step)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु—आगम् (to come)

• तत्: his/that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पिता)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्ता

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (in the morning)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/just)

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

Speaker

Narrator (first-person within the story; embedded narration inside the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark, morally charged tableau: the girl recoils; the man’s forceful posture dominates; dawn approaches as the father’s arrival is foreshadowed.

Characters & Entities

• father of the girl (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harming others through coercion is grave adharma and swiftly brings consequence; dharma protects the vulnerable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates wrongdoing and the approach of retribution.