Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तास्तेन धर्षिता लुप्तं मदीयं धर्मशासनम् । वरदानप्रमत्तेन तवैव परिभूय माम्

Transliteration

tāstena dharṣitā luptaṃ madīyaṃ dharmaśāsanam | varadānapramattena tavaiva paribhūya mām

Translation

ସେ ତାହାମାନଙ୍କୁ ଧର୍ଷଣ କରି ଅପମାନିତ କରିଛି; ମୋର ଧର୍ମଶାସନ ଲୁପ୍ତପ୍ରାୟ ହୋଇଗଲା। ଆପଣଙ୍କ ବରଦାନରେ ମତ୍ତ ହୋଇ ସେ ମୋତେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅବମାନ କରିଛି।

Word by Word

• ताः: they (those women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• धर्षिताः: were violated/assaulted
• धर्षिताः: Kriya (Predicate in passive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धर्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धृष्)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (were violated/assaulted)

• लुप्तम्: destroyed/obliterated
• लुप्तम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √लुप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘dharmaśāsanam’)

• मदीयम्: my
• मदीयम्: Sambandha (Possessive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• धर्म-शासनम्: the ordinance/rule of dharma
• धर्म-शासनम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विषय/वस्तु (the ordinance of dharma)

• वर-दान-प्रमत्तेन: by one made heedless through granting boons
• वर-दान-प्रमत्तेन: Karana (Agent descriptor/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied agent ‘tena’: intoxicated by boon-giving)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only/indeed)

• परिभूय: having insulted/overpowered
• परिभूय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to implied main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि+भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); अव्ययभाव (having insulted/overpowered)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Yama

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, agitated yet controlled, declares that women were violated and his dharma-governance eclipsed; he is shown with lowered noose and a dimmed ‘law’ emblem, while the offender’s shadow looms—symbolizing boon-intoxicated impunity—before Śiva’s steady, corrective presence.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Īśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without humility—especially power gained by boons—can lead to contempt for dharma; such arrogance invites divine correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the emphasis is on the moral cosmos where dharma must be upheld.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.