Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

एषामन्यतमैः पूर्णां दृष्ट्वा स्वप्ने न जीवति । करालैर्विकटै रूक्षैः पुरुषैरुद्यतायुधैः

Transliteration

eṣāmanyatamaiḥ pūrṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā svapne na jīvati | karālairvikaṭai rūkṣaiḥ puruṣairudyatāyudhaiḥ

Translation

Kapag sa panaginip ay nakita ang unahan na napupuno ng alinman sa mga ito—mga lalaking nakapangingilabot, halimaw ang anyo, magaspang at mabagsik, na nakataas ang sandata—hindi na siya mabubuhay.

Word by Word

• eṣām: of these
• eṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन; 'of these'

• anyatamaiḥ: by some one (of them)
• anyatamaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anyatama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचन; 'by/with some one of (them)'

• pūrṇām: filled, full
• pūrṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies an implied object, e.g., 'night/direction/scene')

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) = having seen

• svapne: in a dream
• svapne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• jīvati: lives, survives
• jīvati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• karālaiḥ: with terrifying (ones)
• karālaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifies puruṣaiḥ)

• vikaṭaiḥ: with grotesque (ones)
• vikaṭaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषण

• rūkṣaiḥ: with harsh/rough (ones)
• rūkṣaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषण

• puruṣaiḥ: with men/persons
• puruṣaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental) बहुवचन

• udyatāyudhaiḥ: with weapons raised
• udyatāyudhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udyata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from ud + √yam) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'udyatāni āyudhāni yeṣām' (sense close to bahuvrīhi, but form used adjectivally)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dream-vision of the horizon crowded with harsh, monstrous men, weapons raised, closing in—an apocalyptic omen scene with the dreamer dwarfed by the threat.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames fearsome dream-visions as calls to self-examination and urgency in dharma before time runs out.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the passage lists ominous dream-signs.