Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

मदिरा विजया भृंगी तथा लशुनगृंजनाः । अतीव उन्मादकरो धत्तूरः पुष्करस्तथा

Transliteration

madirā vijayā bhṛṃgī tathā laśunagṛṃjanāḥ | atīva unmādakaro dhattūraḥ puṣkarastathā

Translation

จากนั้นได้ปรากฏ มทิรา (สุรามึนเมา), วิชัยา, ภฤงคี และทั้งกระเทียมกับหัวหอม อีกทั้งธัตตูระซึ่งก่อให้เกิดความคลุ้มคลั่งอย่างยิ่ง และปุษกระด้วย

Word by Word

• मदिरा: liquor/wine
• मदिरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विजया: Vijayā (a plant/name)
• विजया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भृंगी: Bhṛṅgī (name/plant)
• भृंगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यत्व (also/likewise)

• लशुनगृंजनाः: garlic and gṛñjana (onion/related bulb)
• लशुनगृंजनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लशुन + गृञ्जन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तीव्रता-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (very/excessively)

• उन्मादकरः: causing madness
• उन्मादकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उन्माद + कर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (उन्मादं करोति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; धत्तूरः इति विशेषण

• धत्तूरः: dhattūra (datura)
• धत्तूरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धत्तूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुष्करः: puṣkara (lotus/plant)
• पुष्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the foaming ocean rise jars and clusters of plants: liquor, hemp-like vijayā, bhṛṅgī, garlic, onions, dhattūra blossoms, and puṣkara lotuses—held by attendants or floating on waves.

Characters & Entities

• Madirā
• Vijayā
• Bhṛṅgī
• Laśuna (garlic)
• Gṛṃjana (onion)
• Dhattūra
• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation yields both beneficial and dangerous substances; dharma lies in discernment, restraint, and right use.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named; the verse catalogs substances arising in the cosmic churning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse implicitly cautions about intoxicants and delirium-causing plants through description.