Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

मूर्च्छां विहाय ते भद्रे क्षणादुत्थास्यते पतिः । ततः पराशरो विप्रः पाणिना तं नराधिपम्

Transliteration

mūrcchāṃ vihāya te bhadre kṣaṇādutthāsyate patiḥ | tataḥ parāśaro vipraḥ pāṇinā taṃ narādhipam

Translation

โอ้สตรีผู้ประเสริฐ เมื่อสลัดอาการสลบแล้ว สามีของท่านจักลุกขึ้นในชั่วขณะ ครั้นแล้วพราหมณ์ปราศรได้เอามือแตะต้องพระราชาผู้เป็นจอมมนุษย์นั้น

Word by Word

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

• विहाय: having left/abandoned
• विहाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सम्बन्ध)

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्षणात्: in a moment; from a moment
• क्षणात्: Apādāna (Ablative/‘from’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; काल-निर्देश (from a moment)

• उत्थास्यते: will rise up
• उत्थास्यते: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• पतिः: husband
• पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (then/thereafter)

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• विप्रः: the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पराशरस्य विशेषण-रूपेण

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• नराधिपम्: the king (lord of men)
• नराधिपम्: Karma (Object in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)

Speaker

Parāśara (first sentence), then narrator continues

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame; not explicit in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried queen is consoled as the fainted king lies nearby; Sage Parāśara prepares to touch the king, calm and radiant, in a sacred coastal hermitage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Sumitrā
• Manojava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy persons become channels of restoration; faith and proximity to a sage can lift one from collapse into renewed strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha in this verse; it belongs to Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred-travel narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A gesture of blessing and impending mantra-action is implied, but no formal rite (snāna/dāna) is stated here.