Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततस्तं वीक्ष्य वित्रस्ता विद्रुतासि वरानने । तेनानुयाता घोरेण मांसपिंडजिघृक्षया

Transliteration

tatastaṃ vīkṣya vitrastā vidrutāsi varānane | tenānuyātā ghoreṇa māṃsapiṃḍajighṛkṣayā

Translation

پھر اسے دیکھ کر تم گھبرا گئیں اور بھاگ نکلیں، اے خوش رُو! وہ ہولناک پرندہ گوشت کے لوتھڑے کو چھین لینے کی خواہش میں تمہارے پیچھے دوڑا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha/Sequence (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: then/thereupon)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: वि + ईक्ष्; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय

• vitrastā: frightened
• vitrastā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + tras (वि + त्रस् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vidrutā: having fled
• vidrutā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + dru (वि + द्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (वर + आनन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive: वरं आननं यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• anuyātā: followed, pursued
• anuyātā: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + yā (अनु + या धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ghoreṇa: by the terrible (one)
• ghoreṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (घोर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण तेन प्रति

• māṃsapiṇḍajighṛkṣayā: due to desire to snatch the lump of flesh
• māṃsapiṇḍajighṛkṣayā: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa + piṇḍa + jighṛkṣā (मांस + पिण्ड + जिघृक्षा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: मांसपिण्डस्य जिघृक्षा ‘desire to seize the lump of flesh’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (instrumental of cause/motive)

Speaker

Rājā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Queen

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The frightened pigeon flees; the dreadful vulture follows closely, intent on snatching the flesh lump—an intense chase charged with peril.

Characters & Entities

• māṃsa-piṇḍa
• gṛdhra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to sense-objects triggers fear and pursuit; the Purāṇic narrative dramatizes how desire entangles beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; this is a continuation of the prior-birth account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narrative.