Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मण्डपे दह्यमाने तु सहसोत्थाय संभ्रमात् । सा वेश्या मर्कटं तत्र मोचयामास बंधनात्

Transliteration

maṇḍape dahyamāne tu sahasotthāya saṃbhramāt | sā veśyā markaṭaṃ tatra mocayāmāsa baṃdhanāt

Translation

جب منڈپ جل رہا تھا تو وہ گھبراہٹ میں فوراً اٹھ کھڑی ہوئی؛ اور وہاں اس طوائف نے ایک بندر کو بندھن سے آزاد کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• मण्डपे: in the pavilion
• मण्डपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• दह्यमाने: while (it was) burning
• दह्यमाने: Kriyā (Participial; locative absolute sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; ‘मण्डपे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly)

• उत्थाय: having gotten up
• उत्थाय: Kriyā (Gerund)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having risen’

• संभ्रमात्: from confusion/panic
• संभ्रमात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वेश्या: the courtesan
• वेश्या: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अपपद

• मर्कटम्: the monkey
• मर्कटम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मोचयामास: released/set free
• मोचयामास: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect/आम-प्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• बंधनात्: from the bondage/rope
• बंधनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; अपादान (source/separation)

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit in verse snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: mandapa (sacralized pavilion)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Amid flames and smoke, the courtesan, startled awake, rushes to a corner and unfastens a rope/chain, releasing a frightened monkey; firelight illuminates her face and the animal’s wide eyes.

Characters & Entities

• Veśyā
• Markaṭa (monkey)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion in crisis is a mark of dharma; even amid fear, one can choose mercy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an ethical act (freeing a bound creature).