Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

भ्रातॄन्प्रति भगिनी च विचार्यैव ददौ शुभा । तत्कृत्वा सानुमान्यैतान्स्तंभतीर्थमुपागता

Transliteration

bhrātṝnprati bhaginī ca vicāryaiva dadau śubhā | tatkṛtvā sānumānyaitānstaṃbhatīrthamupāgatā

Translation

ครั้นพิจารณาถึงเหล่าพี่น้องและธรรมแห่งความเป็นพี่สาวน้องสาวแล้ว สตรีผู้เป็นมงคลนั้นก็ได้มอบส่วนแบ่งให้จริง ครั้นกระทำแล้วและถวายความเคารพแก่พวกเขาโดยสมควร นางจึงไปยังสตัมภะ-ตีรถะ

Word by Word

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sampradana (Direction/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रत्यर्थे (towards)

• भगिनी: the sister
• भगिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle): ‘having considered’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुभा: auspicious, noble
• शुभा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ = ‘that (act)’

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done’

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

• अनुमान्य: having consented/approved
• अनुमान्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु+मन् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerundive absolutive) ‘having assented/approved’ (usage: ‘having duly consented’)

• एतान्: these (persons)
• एतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तम्भतीर्थम्: the Stambha-tīrtha (pilgrimage ford)
• स्तम्भतीर्थम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तम्भ-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; स्तम्भ + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘स्तम्भस्य तीर्थम्’

• उपागता: arrived, went to
• उपागता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः: ‘having gone/arrived’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Stambha-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The auspicious woman completes a fair granting to her brothers, offers respectful salutations, then departs with attendants toward a riverside tīrtha marked by a pillar/flagstaff-like emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Stambha-tīrtha
• bhaginī
• bhrātṛ (brothers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wise reflection, respectful conduct, and reconciliation become the doorway to tīrtha-yātrā and spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Stambha-tīrtha is explicitly mentioned as the destination she reaches after settling familial matters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the verse implies tīrtha-going as a dharmic act following proper social duties.