Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

व्याकुलस्तत्र वृत्तांतं कुमाराय न्यवेदयम् । मयि चाप्यागते दैत्यश्चिंतयामास चेतसि

Transliteration

vyākulastatra vṛttāṃtaṃ kumārāya nyavedayam | mayi cāpyāgate daityaściṃtayāmāsa cetasi

Translation

ด้วยความร้อนรน เราได้กราบทูลเหตุการณ์ทั้งหมดแด่กุมาร (สกันทะ) ณ ที่นั้น และเมื่อเรามาถึงด้วยแล้ว ไทตยะก็เริ่มครุ่นคิดด้วยความกังวลในใจ

Word by Word

• vyākulaḥ: agitated
• vyākulaḥ: Karta (Agent described/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vṛttāntam: the account, incident
• vṛttāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛttānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• kumārāya: to Kumāra
• kumārāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• nyavedayam: I reported, informed
• nyavedayam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√vid (धातु) (causative)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) ‘निवेदयति’

• mayi: when I / in my case
• mayi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• āgate: when (I) had come
• āgate: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके—‘मयि आगते’ (locative absolute)

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• cintayāmāsa: he pondered
• cintayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (धातु) + āmāsa (परिप्रयोग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगः—‘चिन्तयामास’ = ‘चिन्तितवान्’

• cetasi: in (his) mind
• cetasi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style; explicit speaker not shown in this verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kumāra (Skanda)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shaken narrator reaches Kumāra and recounts the entire incident; simultaneously the Daitya, after the encounter, turns inward and broods anxiously.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra
• Skanda
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Turning quickly to the divine protector (Kumāra/Skanda) in moments of fear is presented as the dharmic response, while adharma breeds inner anxiety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on Skanda’s protective presence within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative, describing reporting events to Kumāra and the Daitya’s mental agitation.