Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा करं क्षिप्य दक्षिणं सकलं ततः । निःसृतः पापकारी चेज्ज्वरेणापीड्यते क्षणात्

Transliteration

evamuktvā karaṃ kṣipya dakṣiṇaṃ sakalaṃ tataḥ | niḥsṛtaḥ pāpakārī cejjvareṇāpīḍyate kṣaṇāt

Translation

Сказав так, он должен полностью протянуть правую руку; затем, выйдя из воды, если он творец греха, тотчас же поражается лихорадкой.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; (having said)

• करम्: hand
• करम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षिप्य: having cast/let go
• क्षिप्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; (having thrown/cast)

• दक्षिणम्: right (hand)
• दक्षिणम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (करम् इति)

• सकलम्: entire/whole
• सकलम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (करम् इति)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरम्/तस्मात् (then/thereupon)

• निःसृतः: having come out / emerged
• निःसृतः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः + सृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले कृदन्त (past passive participle used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पापकारी: evil-doer
• पापकारी: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पापं करोति इति)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (if)

• ज्वरेण: by fever
• ज्वरेण: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• आपीड्यते: is afflicted/tormented
• आपीड्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• क्षणात्: immediately / within a moment
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative/time-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; कालवाचक (from/within a moment)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sangama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the oath, the devotee extends the right hand fully and steps out of the water; a sinful person is shown suddenly seized by fever—reddened face, trembling—while onlookers react with awe.

Characters & Entities

• Jvara (fever)
• Dharma ordeal
• Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bear immediate fruits in a charged sacred setting; tīrtha-power is portrayed as swiftly exposing wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama, where the ordeal is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After the truth-invocation, the right hand is fully extended/cast; the outcome (affliction or not) indicates guilt.