Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्य बालस्य माता च सर्वांगव्रणपीडिता । बभूवतुरतिक्लिष्टौ गरयोगप्रभावतः

Transliteration

tasya bālasya mātā ca sarvāṃgavraṇapīḍitā | babhūvaturatikliṣṭau garayogaprabhāvataḥ

Translation

มารดาของทารกนั้นก็ถูกทรมานด้วยบาดแผลทั่วสรรพางค์กาย ด้วยอำนาจแห่งพิษ มารดาและบุตรจึงทุกข์หนักยิ่ง

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बालस्य: of the boy
• बालस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वाङ्गव्रणपीडिता: afflicted with sores all over the body
• सर्वाङ्गव्रणपीडिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अङ्ग + व्रण + पीडित (√पीड् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त ‘पीडित’; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वाङ्गेषु व्रणैः पीडिता)

• बभूवतुः: became/were
• बभूवतुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन (Dual); परस्मैपद

• अतिक्लिष्टौ: extremely distressed (both)
• अतिक्लिष्टौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + क्लिष्ट (√क्लिश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त ‘क्लिष्ट’; कर्मधारय (अत्यन्तं क्लिष्टौ)

• गरयोगप्रभावतः: due to the effect of the poison-contact
• गरयोगप्रभावतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गर + योग + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष/तद्धितान्त अव्ययार्थ (…तः = from/because of); ‘गरयोगस्य प्रभावः’ तस्मात्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen’s body bears wounds; she sits weakened, yet her gaze stays fixed on the suffering child—two lives bound by one poison’s force.

Characters & Entities

• Mother/queen
• Child/prince

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harm done through deceit can multiply into widespread suffering; dharma protects not only oneself but one’s lineage and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.