Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

सखीजनेन संवीता तदा द्यूतपरा सती । शिवेन सह संगत्य च्छलाद्द्यूतमकारयत्

Transliteration

sakhījanena saṃvītā tadā dyūtaparā satī | śivena saha saṃgatya cchalāddyūtamakārayat

Translation

ต่อมา พระสตีรายล้อมด้วยหมู่สหายหญิง ตั้งใจในเกม ได้ร่วมกับพระศิวะ และด้วยอุบายอันขบขัน จึงให้การเล่นลูกเต๋าดำเนินต่อไป

Word by Word

• सखी-जनेन: by the group of female friends
• सखी-जनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास (सखीनां जनः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण-भाव

• संवीता: surrounded, accompanied
• संवीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + वी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘सती’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• द्यूत-परा: intent on gambling
• द्यूत-परा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्यूत (प्रातिपदिक) + परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्यूते परा/द्यूतपरायण); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सती: the virtuous lady (Pārvatī)
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सती’ (Pārvatī)

• शिवेन: with Śiva
• शिवेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सह-योगे करण-भाव

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: with)

• संगत्य: having met
• संगत्य: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having met)

• च्छलात्: by trick, through deceit
• च्छलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे भेदः), पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादान-भाव (from/through trickery)

• द्यूतम्: gambling, dice-play
• द्यूतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• अकारयत्: caused (it) to be played
• अकारयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) [णिच्-प्रेरण]
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: caused to be done)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī/Pārvatī, encircled by sakhīs, initiates a dice-game with Śiva; the atmosphere is light, courtly, and teasing, set against a Himalayan sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Satī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva
• Sakhīs (companions)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic līlā sometimes uses ‘chala’ (ruse) as narrative device—pointing to the inscrutable play of the divine rather than endorsing deceit as human conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region frames the account; this verse does not specify a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.