Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

हत्वा तां चापि चिक्षेप प्रतीच्यामेव लीलया । दुहद्रुहाख्यमद्यापि तत्र ग्रामं स्म वर्तते

Transliteration

hatvā tāṃ cāpi cikṣepa pratīcyāmeva līlayā | duhadruhākhyamadyāpi tatra grāmaṃ sma vartate

Translation

ତାଙ୍କୁ ହତ୍ୟା କରି ସେ ଖେଳ ଖେଳରେ ପଶ୍ଚିମ ଦିଗକୁ ଫିଙ୍ଗି ଦେଲେ। ଆଜି ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାରେ 'ଦୁହଦ୍ରୁହା' ନାମକ ଗ୍ରାମ ରହିଛି।

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having slain’

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: also/even)

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• प्रतीच्याम्: in the west/westward
• प्रतीच्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• लीलया: playfully
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• दुहद्रुह-आख्यम्: named Duhadruhā
• दुहद्रुह-आख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुहद्रुह + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक); दुहद्रुहाख्य (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; समासः तत्पुरुषः (दुहद्रुह-नामकं)

• अद्यापि: even today/still now
• अद्यापि: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय-समास)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma/Pratipadyartha (Entity spoken of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (as object of implied ‘to be/exists’ in narrative)

• स्म: indeed/it is said (narrative particle)
• स्म: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; भूतार्थक-स्म (particle indicating past/narrative)

• वर्तते: exists/remains
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Duhadruhā-grāma

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the slaying, Barbarīka casually tosses the body westward; the narrative cuts to a calm view of a settled village—Duhadruhā—signifying the enduring mark of the event on the land.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Duhadruhā
• Duhadruhā (village)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic history ties moral order to geography—places carry memory of dharma’s victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A local site in the westward direction associated with the toponym ‘Duhadruhā’, presented as an enduring village-name tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains a place-name and location-tradition.