Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यतस्ततोऽपि दैत्येंद्र मृत्युः प्राप्यः शरीरिणा । इत्युक्तस्तं तथेत्याह तुष्टः कमलसंभवम्

Transliteration

yatastato'pi daityeṃdra mṛtyuḥ prāpyaḥ śarīriṇā | ityuktastaṃ tathetyāha tuṣṭaḥ kamalasaṃbhavam

Translation

ஓ தைத்யேந்திரா, எப்படியாயினும் உடலுடையோர்க்கு மரணம் தவிர்க்க முடியாதது. இவ்வாறு கூறப்பட்டதும் அவன் மகிழ்ந்து தாமரையில்பிறந்த பிரம்மனை நோக்கி “ததாஸ்து” என்றான்.

Word by Word

• yataḥ: from wherever/whence
• yataḥ: Sambandha (relation/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), अर्थे: 'यतः' = 'from which/whence'

• tataḥ: from there/thence
• tataḥ: Sambandha (relation/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), अर्थे: 'ततः' = 'from there/thence'

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• daitya-indra: O lord of the Daityas
• daitya-indra: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्रः)

• mṛtyuḥ: death
• mṛtyuḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• prāpyaḥ: attainable/inevitable (to be met)
• prāpyaḥ: Karta (predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग); prāpya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भविष्यत्कर्मणि/योग्यतार्थक कृदन्त (प्राप्य = attainable), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'मृत्युः' इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• śarīriṇā: by an embodied being
• śarīriṇā: Karana (instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-तृतीया (by/for an embodied being)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• uktaḥ: having been told/addressed
• uktaḥ: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) ; ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'सः' (अध्याहृत) इति विशेषणम्

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tathā: so/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थे: 'so/in that manner'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु) ; tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम्

• kamala-saṃbhavam: the lotus-born (Brahmā)
• kamala-saṃbhavam: Karman (object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कमलात् सम्भवः)

Speaker

Narrator (frame speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daitya-indra (asura lord)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (lotus-born) speaks a grave truth to the Daitya-lord: death is inevitable for embodied beings; the asura responds with outward assent, inner calculation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Kamalasaṃbhava)
• Daityendra (Asura king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic law (niyati) stands above personal desire—mortality remains for embodied existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; this is a narrative transition in the boon episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the boon-discussion logic.