Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ततोति विस्मितश्चाहं मन्यमानः कृतार्थताम् । तेषां निहीनं संचिंत्य प्रावोचं प्रब्रवीत्वयम्

Transliteration

tatoti vismitaścāhaṃ manyamānaḥ kṛtārthatām | teṣāṃ nihīnaṃ saṃciṃtya prāvocaṃ prabravītvayam

Translation

Pagkaraan, ako’y namangha, iniisip na natupad na ang aking layon. Sa pagninilay kung ano ang maaaring kulang sa kanila, ako’y nagsalita at inihayag ang aking palagay.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): इति

• vismitaḥ: astonished
• vismitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √smi (स्मि) + vi- (वि) + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सूचक

• manyamānaḥ: thinking, considering
• manyamānaḥ: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √man (मन्) (धातु) + śānac (शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle, आत्मनेपद-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; 'thinking/considering'

• kṛtārthatām: the state of being fulfilled/successful
• kṛtārthatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta-artha-tā (कृत + अर्थ + ता) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: कृतः अर्थः यस्य/यस्याः सा → कृतार्थता (fulfilled state)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• nihīnam: deficiency, what is lacking
• nihīnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nihīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• saṃcintya: having considered
• saṃcintya: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√cint (चिन्त्) (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), 'having reflected/considered'

• prāvocam: I spoke
• prāvocam: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच्) (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'I said/spoke'

• prabravītu: let him speak
• prabravītu: Kriya (Injunctive action/आज्ञार्थ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√brū (ब्रू) (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'let (him) speak'

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

Speaker

Narrator (the questioner)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sutanū (child-sage) and/or the assembly present

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa narrator, momentarily astonished, turns toward a poised child-sage; the setting suggests an āśrama or sacred grove, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a quiet fire altar in the background.

Characters & Entities

• sages (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inquiry ripens through reflection; even perceived “deficiency” can become a doorway to instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.