Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

मूर्च्छामुपाययौ विप्राः पपात च धरातले । सुमित्रा पतितं दृष्ट्वा भार्या सा पतिमंगना

Transliteration

mūrcchāmupāyayau viprāḥ papāta ca dharātale | sumitrā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāryā sā patimaṃganā

Translation

ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย เขาถูกความสลบครอบงำแล้วล้มลงบนพื้นดิน ครั้นสุมิตรา ภรรยาผู้ซื่อสัตย์ต่อสามี (ปติวรตา) เห็นสามีล้มลง ก็สะท้านด้วยความทุกข์

Word by Word

• मूर्च्छाम्: fainting, swoon
• मूर्च्छाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्च्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाययौ: reached, came to
• उपाययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• विप्राः: brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• धरातले: on the ground
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; पत्-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — PPP, Neuter, Accusative, Singular (used as object)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — Absolutive/Gerund

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

• सा: she
• सा: Anvaya (Coreference/अन्वय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (pronoun)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अंगना: woman, lady
• अंगना: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (addressing viprāḥ—brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kshetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (addressed in narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king or noble figure lies unconscious on the forest floor; Sumitrā, the devoted wife, rushes toward him in shock, her posture bent in protective urgency; sparse woodland, dust, and dim light heighten the crisis.

Characters & Entities

• Sumitrā
• The king
• Viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative highlights the intensity of remorse and the ideal of marital devotion (pati-bhakti) in moments of crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu is the textual setting, but this verse focuses on the story’s emotional turning point.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of the king’s swoon and Sumitrā’s reaction.