Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

कुंडेऽस्मिंश्चैत्रबहुले प्रतिपद्येव स्वाहया । ततश्च पावको दुःखाच्छुशोच च मुमोह च

Transliteration

kuṃḍe'smiṃścaitrabahule pratipadyeva svāhayā | tataśca pāvako duḥkhācchuśoca ca mumoha ca

Translation

Neste vaso—no Pratipadā, o primeiro dia da quinzena clara do mês de Caitra—por Svāhā. Então Pāvaka, tomado pela dor, lamentou-se e caiu em confusão.

Word by Word

• कुंडे: in the pit/kuṇḍa
• कुंडे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चैत्रबहुले: in the dark fortnight of Caitra
• चैत्रबहुले: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal location/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चैत्र-बहुल (प्रातिपदिक; चैत्र + बहुल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying time/fortnight)

• प्रतिपदि: on the first lunar day (pratipad)
• प्रतिपदि: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal location/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-बोधक अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• स्वाहया: by (uttering) svāhā / with Svāhā
• स्वाहया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रम-वाचक अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पावकः: Fire (Pāvaka)
• पावकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुःखात्: from sorrow
• दुःखात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• शुशोच: lamented
• शुशोच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुमोह: became deluded/fainted
• मुमोह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Svāhā
• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Caitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings experience grief when dharma is strained; the Purāṇas show that remorse can follow transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse provides a calendrical time-marker (Caitra bright pratipad).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; Svāhā is invoked as an entity, resonant with sacrificial tradition.