Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

मारणे मोहने वश्ये आकर्षणे च क्षोभणे । यंयं कामयते नूनं ततत्सिद्धिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

māraṇe mohane vaśye ākarṣaṇe ca kṣobhaṇe | yaṃyaṃ kāmayate nūnaṃ tatatsiddhirbhaviṣyati

Translation

مارنے، موہن کرنے، تابع کرنے، کھینچ لینے اور اضطراب پیدا کرنے میں—جو جو مقصد کوئی یقیناً چاہے، اسی کے مطابق کامیابی ضرور حاصل ہوگی۔

Word by Word

• मारणे: in killing (rite)
• मारणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः (locative of sphere)

• मोहने: in deluding (rite)
• मोहने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• वश्ये: in subjugation (rite)
• वश्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• आकर्षणे: in attraction (rite)
• आकर्षणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षोभणे: in agitation (rite)
• क्षोभणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोभण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण-प्रयोगः

• यं: whichever (thing/person)
• यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म-प्रयोगः

• यं: whichever
• यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (distributive)

• कामयते: desires
• कामयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; इच्छार्थक-प्रयोगः (desires)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha/Modifier (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• ततत्: that respective
• ततत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्-तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (each respective)

• सिद्धिः: success, attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-प्रयोगः

• भविष्यति: will occur / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Tripurāntaka (Śiva) (continuing the pronouncement context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A secret instruction on five coercive siddhis (māraṇa, mohana, vaśya, ākarṣaṇa, kṣobhaṇa) being enumerated as attainable according to desire, set against a charged forest-kshetra atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power follows intention; the text implicitly warns that desire-driven aims can manifest results, making dharma and restraint essential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; Dharmāraṇya remains the implied sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No step-by-step rite; it lists categories of siddhi-effects associated with such practices.