Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

बध्यतां वध्यतामेष याति वेगान्मृगो वने । एवं वदत्सु सैन्येषु स्वयमुत्प्लुत्य शंकरः

Transliteration

badhyatāṃ vadhyatāmeṣa yāti vegānmṛgo vane | evaṃ vadatsu sainyeṣu svayamutplutya śaṃkaraḥ

Translation

“จับไว้! ฆ่าเสีย! กวางหนีเข้าป่าไปอย่างรวดเร็ว!”—เมื่อทหารร้องตะโกนกันดังนี้ ศังกรก็ทรงกระโจนออกไปด้วยพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• बध्यताम्: let (him/it) be bound
• बध्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (आज्ञा: ‘let it be bound’)

• वध्यताम्: let (him) be slain
• वध्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, कर्मणि-प्रयोगः; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (आज्ञा: ‘let (him) be killed’)

• एषः: this one
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वेगात्: from/with speed
• वेगात्: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from/with speed)

• मृगः: the deer/animal
• मृगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• वदत्सु: while (they) were speaking
• वदत्सु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) → वदत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; सति-सप्तमी (while (they) were saying)

• सैन्येषु: among the troops
• सैन्येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक-अव्यय (oneself)

• उत्प्लुत्य: having leapt up
• उत्प्लुत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having leapt up)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soldiers shout ‘Bind it! Kill it!’ as a deer darts into the forest; the king himself springs forward, bow raised, eyes fixed in pursuit.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked impulse and crowd-urging can drive harmful action; Purāṇic storytelling often uses this to introduce repentance and dharmic correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāmeśvaram landscape is the larger canvas, but this verse is focused on the chase.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.