Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एकैकं च पुनः खण्डं चकार मघवा ततः । सप्तधा सप्तधा कोपादुद्बुध्य च ततो दितिः

Transliteration

ekaikaṃ ca punaḥ khaṇḍaṃ cakāra maghavā tataḥ | saptadhā saptadhā kopādudbudhya ca tato ditiḥ

Translation

Então Maghavā dividiu cada pedaço novamente — em sete, e outra vez em sete. Com isso, Diti despertou em fúria.

Word by Word

• eka-ekam: each one (one by one)
• eka-ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-प्राय प्रयोगः ‘one by one/each single’ qualifying khaṇḍam

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• khaṇḍam: piece, fragment
• khaṇḍam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakāra: made (into), split
• cakāra: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• maghavā: Maghavan (Indra)
• maghavā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maghavan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• saptadhā: sevenfold
• saptadhā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saptadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in seven parts)

• saptadhā: sevenfold (again)
• saptadhā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saptadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-बल (repetition for emphasis)

• kopāt: from anger
• kopāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

• udbudhya: having awakened
• udbudhya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-budh (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) from √budh with उपसर्ग ud-; ‘having awakened’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदा/ततः (then)

• ditiḥ: Diti
• ditiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly of sages in frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra repeatedly divides each fragment again and again into sevens; Diti awakens in fury—an image of multiplication and sudden wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Maghavā)
• Diti
• Sevenfold division (saptadhā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked conflict multiplies suffering; the narrative dramatizes how one act can cascade into many consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new site is named; the episode continues within the Puṣkara-vrata setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse continues the mythic narrative sequence.