Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

मृगयूथगता नित्यं मोदते मदविह्वला । व्याधः सिंहः समभवद्गिरेस्तस्य महावने

Transliteration

mṛgayūthagatā nityaṃ modate madavihvalā | vyādhaḥ siṃhaḥ samabhavadgirestasya mahāvane

Translation

นางแม่กวางอยู่ท่ามกลางฝูงกวางเสมอ พลันเริงรื่นด้วยความเมามัวแห่งวัยหนุ่มสาว ส่วนพรานนั้น ในมหาป่าแห่งภูเขานั้น ได้กลายเป็นราชสีห์

Word by Word

• मृगयूथगता: gone into the herd of deer
• मृगयूथगता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृग-यूथ-गत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (गत-प्रत्ययान्त), समासः—मृगयूथे गता (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मदविह्वला: bewildered by intoxication
• मदविह्वला: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद-विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—मदेन विह्वला (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• व्याधः: a hunter
• व्याधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सिंहः: a lion
• सिंहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्याधः इति विशेष्यस्य उपपद-सम्बन्धेन उपमान/नामरूपेण (apposition)

• समभवत्: became
• समभवत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः—सम्

• गिरेः: of the mountain
• गिरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that (mountain)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महावने: in the great forest
• महावने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावन (प्रातिपदिक; महत्+वन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—महच्च तत् वनम् (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style, Sūta to the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-giri (mahāvana)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A doe, lively among a herd, frolics in a sun-dappled forest; in the deeper woods, the former hunter now appears as a powerful lion, newly embodied, surveying the same terrain.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka (implied mountain/forest)
• Vyādha (hunter)
• Siṃha (lion)
• Mṛgī (doe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Embodiment changes according to karma; unruled desire and past actions propel beings into new forms until steadied by dharma and sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-region sacred topography around Raivataka and Vastrāpatha, where the legend unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative groundwork for the māhātmya.