Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ततः क्षणेन विकलस्त्वितश्चेतश्च प्रस्खलत् । उवाच वचनं भीमः सुसंभ्रांतो नृपं प्रति

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣaṇena vikalastvitaścetaśca praskhalat | uvāca vacanaṃ bhīmaḥ susaṃbhrāṃto nṛpaṃ prati

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਇਕ ਪਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਵਿਹਲ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ, ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਚਿੱਤ ਇਧਰ ਉਧਰ ਡੋਲਣ ਲੱਗਾ। ਬਹੁਤ ਘਬਰਾਇਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਭੀਮ ਰਾਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਬੋਧ ਕੇ ਬੋਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• kṣaṇena: in a moment
• kṣaṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-करण (within a moment)

• vikalaḥ: distressed, impaired
• vikalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit subject)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• itaḥ: from here; thereupon
• itaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: from here/thereupon)

• cetaḥ: mind
• cetaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; praskhalat इत्यस्य कर्ता

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• praskhalat: stumbled, faltered
• praskhalat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + skhal (स्खल् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• vacanam: words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhīmaḥ: Bhīma
• bhīmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• susaṃbhrāntaḥ: greatly agitated
• susaṃbhrāntaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + saṃbhrānta (भ्रम् धातु → सं-भ्रम्; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhīmaḥ)

• nṛpam: the king
• nṛpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prati: towards, to
• prati: Sampradana/Direction (Goal/प्रति-गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (upasarga-like preposition: towards)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhīma’s posture shifts from confident to shaken—eyes widened, hand to head or chest; the king turns toward him, attendants startled.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• King (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner disturbance can signal moral or spiritual error; the Purāṇas portray consequences as immediate awakeners.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the onset of distress and alarm.