Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ददृशतुर्हयं गत्वा देवराजस्य वाहनम् । कृष्णवालं हयं दृष्ट्वा विनता दुःखिताऽभवत्

Transliteration

dadṛśaturhayaṃ gatvā devarājasya vāhanam | kṛṣṇavālaṃ hayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vinatā duḥkhitā'bhavat

Translation

เมื่อไปถึง ทั้งสองได้เห็นม้า พาหนะของเทวราชา ครั้นเห็นม้าที่มีขนหางสีดำ วินตาก็เศร้าโศกลง

Word by Word

• ददृशतुः: they two saw
• ददृशतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• हयम्: a horse
• हयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

• देवराजस्य: of the king of gods (Indra)
• देवराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-राज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘देवानां राजा’

• वाहनम्: vehicle, mount
• वाहनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कृष्णवालम्: black-tailed
• कृष्णवालम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-वाल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णः वालः यस्य’ इति विशेषण

• हयम्: the horse
• हयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

• विनता: Vinatā
• विनता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• दुःखिता: sorrowful
• दुःखिता: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uccaiḥśravas-darśana (mythic encounter locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kadrū and Vinatā behold the celestial horse of Indra; the horse’s tail appears dark, and Vinatā’s face falls into grief as the wager turns against her.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devarāja)
• Uccaiḥśravas
• Vinatā
• Kadrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to winning and external proofs leads to grief; dharma warns against wagers that bind one to suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa broadly relates to Setu/Rāmeśvaram; this verse is part of the mythic prelude rather than a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.