Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तदैव मादनाक्रांतः शापान्मर्त्यत्वमागतः । सैव ते दयिता राजन्भाविनी न चिरात्सखे

Transliteration

tadaiva mādanākrāṃtaḥ śāpānmartyatvamāgataḥ | saiva te dayitā rājanbhāvinī na cirātsakhe

Translation

ในขณะนั้นเอง เมื่อถูกความหลงใหลครอบงำ ท่านต้องคำสาปและตกสู่ความเป็นมนุษย์ผู้มีความตาย โอ้พระราชา สหายเอ๋ย นางผู้นั้นเองจักเป็นที่รักของท่านในไม่ช้า

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• मदन-आक्रान्तः: overcome by Madana (love)
• मदन-आक्रान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madana (प्रातिपदिक) + ā√kram (धातु) → ākrānta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘मदनेन आक्रान्तः’ (instrumental sense)

• शापात्: from/owing to a curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• मर्त्यत्वम्: mortality; human state
• मर्त्यत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martyatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आगतः: attained/entered
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘प्राप्तः/अभवत्’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/same
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; (enclitic genitive)

• दयिता: beloved (woman)
• दयिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• भाविनी: will be; destined to be
• भाविनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘दयिता’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• चिरात्: after long; long hence
• चिरात्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cirāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'after long')

• सखे: O friend
• सखे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (reporting a divine message; likely Indra’s words within the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial or royal figure, overcome by mada, is shown at the instant a curse takes effect—his aura dimming into mortal condition—while a seer-like speaker foretells that the same woman will soon become his beloved.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhūma
• Mṛgāvatī (implied)
• King (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire binds and can bring suffering, yet dharma also provides a path toward resolution and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified here; the next verses identify the liberating tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it predicts forthcoming events.