Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

ततश्च मेषरूपेण क्लेशं तस्याश्चकार सः । ततो भुजंगरूपेण बद्धा चरणयोर्द्वयोः

Transliteration

tataśca meṣarūpeṇa kleśaṃ tasyāścakāra saḥ | tato bhujaṃgarūpeṇa baddhā caraṇayordvayoḥ

Translation

Depois, na forma de um carneiro, causou-lhe aflição; e em seguida, na forma de uma serpente, enlaçou e prendeu seus dois pés.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनुक्रमवाचक (then)

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

• meṣa-rūpeṇa: in the form of a ram
• meṣa-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (meṣasya rūpam)

• kleśam: affliction
• kleśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: to/for her (of her)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• cakāra: caused/did
• cakāra: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम (thereupon)

• bhujaṃga-rūpeṇa: in the form of a serpent
• bhujaṃga-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhujaṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• baddhā: bound
• baddhā: Kriyā (Predicate, passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (she was bound)

• caraṇayoḥ: at/on the two feet
• caraṇayoḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/Genitive or 7th/Locative), द्विवचन; अत्र अधिकरणार्थे (at/on the two feet)

• dvayoḥ: of the two
• dvayoḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; संख्या-विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sequential vignette: first a ram butting or circling to harass; then a serpent coiling around the woman’s feet, attempting to bind her; her posture remains firm, suggesting inner immovability.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear and bodily hardship are depicted as tests; endurance in dharma preserves spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the tapas narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse illustrates impediments (vighna) faced by a practitioner.