Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तच्च दैवकृतं मत्वा न शुशोच महामतिः । देवो वा मानवो वापि को हि दवाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

tacca daivakṛtaṃ matvā na śuśoca mahāmatiḥ | devo vā mānavo vāpi ko hi davādvimucyate

Translation

ครั้นรู้ว่านั่นเป็นสิ่งที่เดวะกำหนดไว้ เขาผู้ใจกว้างยิ่งมิได้โศกเศร้า เพราะจะเป็นเทพหรือมนุษย์ ใครเล่าจะพ้นจากสิ่งที่ชะตาลิขิตไว้ได้

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• दैवकृतम्: done by fate/divine
• दैवकृतम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवकृत (प्रातिपदिक; दैव + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (दैवेन कृतम्)

• मत्वा: having considered
• मत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) ‘having thought/considered’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• शुशोच: grieved
• शुशोच: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; शुच् = शोचति (to grieve)

• महामतिः: the great-minded (man)
• महामतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् मतिः यस्य)

• देवः: a god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थ (even/also)

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (particle ‘indeed/for’)

• दवात्: from the forest-fire
• दवात्: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘दव’ = दावाग्नि/वनाग्नि (forest-fire)

• विमुच्यते: is freed/escapes
• विमुच्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/मध्यस्थ-भावे ‘is freed/escapes’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandabhadra stands near a lamp and water-pot, eyes calm, palms joined; behind him a faint wheel of fate/time (kāla-cakra) motif; mourners around show grief, while he embodies śānta acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Nandabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Accepting providence (daiva) with equanimity is praised as a mark of great-minded dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it teaches a universal dharmic principle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on inner discipline—non-grief and acceptance.