Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

मम भावी भवेदेषा भार्या मृत्युरुतापि मे । तस्माच्छिष्यो भवाम्यस्य शुश्रूषानिरतो मुनेः

Transliteration

mama bhāvī bhavedeṣā bhāryā mṛtyurutāpi me | tasmācchiṣyo bhavāmyasya śuśrūṣānirato muneḥ

Translation

นางอาจเป็นภรรยาในภายหน้าของเรา—หรืออาจเป็นความตายของเราด้วย ดังนั้นเราจักเป็นศิษย์ของฤๅษีนั้น ตั้งมั่นในงานปรนนิบัติรับใช้ท่าน

Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भावी: destined to be (future)
• भावी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भविन्/भाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (future/impending)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उत: also
• उत: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (also/and then)

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

• मे: of me/to me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ (therefore/from that)

• शिष्यः: disciple
• शिष्यः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवामि: I become/I am
• भवामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अस्य: of him/of this one
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शुश्रूषानिरतः: devoted to service
• शुश्रूषानिरतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुश्रूषा (प्रातिपदिक) + निरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शुश्रूषायां निरतः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The would-be abductor reframes his plan: he will become the sage’s disciple, outwardly devoted, masking inner conflict between desire and fear.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Muni (guru figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire threatens one’s downfall, taking refuge in a guru and practicing service can redirect the mind toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred site is mentioned; the verse emphasizes the dharma of discipleship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the prescribed conduct is guru-sevā (service to the sage).