Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

न मृषा हि वचो ब्रूते कामाख्या या पुराऽब्रवीत् । भीमसेनसुतः पाणिं तव भद्रे ग्रहीष्यति

Transliteration

na mṛṣā hi vaco brūte kāmākhyā yā purā'bravīt | bhīmasenasutaḥ pāṇiṃ tava bhadre grahīṣyati

Translation

காமாக்யா தேவி பொய் உரையார்; முன்பு அவர் கூறினார்—“அம்மையே, பீமசேனனின் புதல்வன் உன் கரத்தை மணவாழ்விற்காக ஏற்றுக் கொள்வான்.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• mṛṣā: falsely
• mṛṣā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mṛṣā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic/causal particle)

• vacaḥ: word(s)
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• brūte: speaks
• brūte: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada)

• kāmākhyā: Kāmākhyā
• kāmākhyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Relative pronoun; Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperfect/Past, 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada)

• bhīmasena-sutaḥ: son of Bhīmasena
• bhīmasena-sutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīmasena (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of Bhīmasena'); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• pāṇim: hand
• pāṇim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)

• grahīṣyati: will take
• grahīṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Arjuna (continuing from the prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmākhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly setting where a respected voice cites Kāmākhyā’s earlier prophecy, assuring a noble woman that Bhīma’s son will marry her; gestures are calm, affirming, and auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmākhyā
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Ghaṭotkaca (implied as Bhīma’s son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine utterance (devī-vāk) is upheld as satya; faith in righteous prophecy steadies dharmic decision-making.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is described; Kāmākhyā is invoked as an authority of truth rather than as a site-mahātmya in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse centers on a prior prophecy regarding marriage.