Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ग्रीवां ते मोटयामासुः पिच्छाछोटनकं कृतम् । हुताशनमुखे तैस्तु सह कान्तेन लुब्धकैः

Transliteration

grīvāṃ te moṭayāmāsuḥ picchāchoṭanakaṃ kṛtam | hutāśanamukhe taistu saha kāntena lubdhakaiḥ

Translation

พวกเขาบิดคอของเจ้า ถอนขนออก แล้วพรานเหล่านั้นก็นำเราพร้อมกับคนรักของข้าไปวางไว้ที่ปากกองไฟ

Word by Word

• ग्रीवाम्: neck
• ग्रीवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मोटयामासुः: they thickened / made stout
• मोटयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मोटय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिच्छाछोटनकम्: a feather-plucking (instrument/act)
• पिच्छाछोटनकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिच्छा (प्रातिपदिक) + छोटनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पिच्छायाः छोटनकम्)

• कृतम्: made, done
• कृतम्: Karma (Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हुताशनमुखे: in the mouth of the fire
• हुताशनमुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हुताशनस्य मुखे)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; सह-योगे तृतीया-सापेक्ष

• कान्तेन: with the beloved/husband
• कान्तेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• लुब्धकैः: with the hunters
• लुब्धकैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context (Revākhaṇḍa frame)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hunters restrain a creature/person, twisting the neck and adorning with a feathered tuft; a blazing sacrificial/pyre-like fire-mouth dominates the foreground, suggesting forced offering; the narrator’s ‘beloved’ is implicated beside the hunters.

Characters & Entities

• Hunters (lubdhaka)
• Fire (hutāśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cruel acts done with deliberation are highlighted as grave adharma; the Purāṇic frame later contrasts this with tīrtha-born purification and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing setting is the Hanūmant forest region linked with Hanūmanteśvara on the Revā/Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescribed rite; “fire” here functions as part of the violent episode, not a dharmic homa instruction.