Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा स मुनिः प्रायाद्गृहीत्वा निजकन्यकाम् । अखण्डशीलां स्वावासमहं गृध्रोऽभवं तदा

Transliteration

ityuktvā sa muniḥ prāyādgṛhītvā nijakanyakām | akhaṇḍaśīlāṃ svāvāsamahaṃ gṛdhro'bhavaṃ tadā

Translation

ထိုသို့ ပြောပြီးနောက် မုနိသည် မိမိ၏ သမီးတော်—သီလမပျက် အပြစ်ကင်းစင်သူ—ကို ခေါ်ယူကာ မိမိအိမ်ရာသို့ ထွက်ခွာသွားသည်။ ထိုခဏတည်းမှာပင် ကျွန်ုပ်သည် လင်းတ ဖြစ်သွား하였다။

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having said)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• प्रायात्: departed, went away
• प्रायात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) उपसर्गः प्र-
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having taken)

• निजकन्यकाम्: his own daughter
• निजकन्यकाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + कन्यका (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (निजा कन्यका)

• अखण्डशीलाम्: of unbroken chastity/virtue
• अखण्डशीलाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखण्ड + शीला (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कन्यकायाः)

• स्वावासम्: his own dwelling
• स्वावासम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + आवास (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वः आवासः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गृध्रः: a vulture
• गृध्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अभवम्: I became
• अभवम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna (contextually)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage departs with his daughter of unbroken chastity; in the same moment, the narrator undergoes a startling transformation into a vulture—human form dissolving into avian shape.

Characters & Entities

• Agniveśya
• Indradyumna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded: the innocent is restored unharmed, while the offender must bear the consequence that reforms and ultimately leads toward release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is explicitly praised in this closing verse; it concludes the curse-and-release narrative segment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.