Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

भर्तृयोगयुता पापैर्दृष्टाहं वधचिन्तकैः । पाशबन्धं समादाय बद्धाहं स्वामिना सह

Transliteration

bhartṛyogayutā pāpairdṛṣṭāhaṃ vadhacintakaiḥ | pāśabandhaṃ samādāya baddhāhaṃ svāminā saha

Translation

اگرچہ میں اپنے شوہر کے ساتھ تھی، پھر بھی قتل کے ارادے والے اُن گناہگاروں نے مجھے دیکھ لیا؛ انہوں نے پھندے کی رسیاں اٹھا کر مجھے میرے آقا کے ساتھ باندھ دیا۔

Word by Word

• भर्तृयोगयुता: united with (my) husband
• भर्तृयोगयुता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भर्तृ + योग + युत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ (अनुक्त) इति विशेषणम्

• पापैः: by sinful (men)
• पापैः: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘वधचिन्तकैः’ इति विशेषणम्

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karma (Patient in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वधचिन्तकैः: by those intent on killing
• वधचिन्तकैः: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध + चिन्तक (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृवाचक (agent)

• पाशबन्धम्: a noose-binding / rope-tie
• पाशबन्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having taken)

• बद्धा: bound
• बद्धा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karma (Patient in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वामिना: with (my) lord/master
• स्वामिना: Sahakaraka (Companion/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

Speaker

A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmant-vana / vicinity of Hanūmanteśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Father and the king (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hunters with noose-ropes bind the maiden and her husband together; expressions of fear and cruelty; forest darkness and tense body language convey imminent harm.

Characters & Entities

• Hunters (lubdhaka)
• Noose/bondage (pāśa-bandha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intentional violence (vadhacintā) is portrayed as deep adharma that binds beings into suffering—contrasted against the liberating power of a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues within the Revā/Narmadā Hanūmant forest sacred zone (Hanūmanteśvara context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is narrative and moral causality.