Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

नीत्वा विहायसा दूरं स तामचलसन्निभः । तत्याजमोहविवशामुदयाचलकंदरे

Transliteration

nītvā vihāyasā dūraṃ sa tāmacalasannibhaḥ | tatyājamohavivaśāmudayācalakaṃdare

Translation

ครั้นพานางไปไกลในนภา นกผู้ดุจภูผานั้น เมื่อถูกความหลงครอบงำ ก็ทอดทิ้งนางไว้ในถ้ำแห่งภูเขาทิศบูรพา

Word by Word

• nītvā: having led
• nītvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: नय्/नी (to lead), अव्ययभावः—पूर्वकर्म (having led)

• vihāyasā: through the sky
• vihāyasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vihāyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental of means

• dūram: far away
• dūram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; pronoun

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; pronoun

• acala-sannibhaḥ: like a mountain
• acala-sannibhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to saḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: acala (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (acala-sannibha = mountain-like)

• tatyāja: abandoned, left
• tatyāja: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• moha-vivaśām: overpowered by delusion
• moha-vivaśām: Karma (Object complement to tām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक) + vivaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (moha-vivaśa = helpless due to delusion)

• udayācala-kaṃdare: in the cave of Udayācala (the eastern mountain)
• udayācala-kaṃdare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaya (प्रातिपदिक) + acala (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासार्थः—'उदयाचलस्य कन्दरे' (in the cave of Udayācala)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal, mountain-like bird carries a fainting woman through the sky and releases her into a dark cave on the eastern mountain; dawn-light glows at the cave mouth while the bird departs in confusion.

Characters & Entities

• Queen (Mṛgāvatī, implied)
• Udayācala (eastern mountain)
• Cave (kaṃdara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is tested by sudden displacement and fear, endurance and remembrance of the divine become the inner refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a named tīrtha in this verse; it introduces a sacred-geographic marker—Udayācala and its cave—as the setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.