Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ग्रीवां ते मोटयामासुः पिच्छाछोटनकं कृतम् । हुताशनमुखे तैस्तु सह कान्तेन लुब्धकैः

Transliteration

grīvāṃ te moṭayāmāsuḥ picchāchoṭanakaṃ kṛtam | hutāśanamukhe taistu saha kāntena lubdhakaiḥ

Translation

انہوں نے تمہاری گردن مروڑ دی، پنکھ نوچ ڈالے، اور پھر ان شکاریوں نے میرے محبوب کے ساتھ ہمیں آگ کے حوالے کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• ग्रीवाम्: neck
• ग्रीवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मोटयामासुः: they thickened / made stout
• मोटयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मोटय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिच्छाछोटनकम्: a feather-plucking (instrument/act)
• पिच्छाछोटनकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिच्छा (प्रातिपदिक) + छोटनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पिच्छायाः छोटनकम्)

• कृतम्: made, done
• कृतम्: Karma (Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हुताशनमुखे: in the mouth of the fire
• हुताशनमुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हुताशनस्य मुखे)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; सह-योगे तृतीया-सापेक्ष

• कान्तेन: with the beloved/husband
• कान्तेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• लुब्धकैः: with the hunters
• लुब्धकैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context (Revākhaṇḍa frame)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hunters restrain a creature/person, twisting the neck and adorning with a feathered tuft; a blazing sacrificial/pyre-like fire-mouth dominates the foreground, suggesting forced offering; the narrator’s ‘beloved’ is implicated beside the hunters.

Characters & Entities

• Hunters (lubdhaka)
• Fire (hutāśana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cruel acts done with deliberation are highlighted as grave adharma; the Purāṇic frame later contrasts this with tīrtha-born purification and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The continuing setting is the Hanūmant forest region linked with Hanūmanteśvara on the Revā/Narmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescribed rite; “fire” here functions as part of the violent episode, not a dharmic homa instruction.