Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

शक्रोमि पापिनो देव मन्नियोगेऽन्यमादिश । जगदाधारूपा हि त्वयेशोक्ताः पतिव्रताः

Transliteration

śakromi pāpino deva manniyoge'nyamādiśa | jagadādhārūpā hi tvayeśoktāḥ pativratāḥ

Translation

“اے دیو! میں اس گنہگار سے نمٹنے کے قابل نہیں؛ میرے ماتحت کسی اور کو حکم دیجیے۔ کیونکہ اے پروردگار، آپ کے اعلان کردہ پتی ورتا عورتیں ہی جگت کا سہارا ہیں۔”

Word by Word

• शक्नोमि: I am able
• शक्नोमि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापिनः: sinners
• पापिनः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देव: O god/lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मत्-नियोगे: in my charge/under my authority
• मत्-नियोगे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-सम्बन्धी) + नियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in my commission/appointment)

• अन्यम्: another (person)
• अन्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of ‘ādiśa’)

• आदिश: appoint/command
• आदिश: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जगत्-आधार-रूपाः: having the form of the support of the world
• जगत्-आधार-रूपाः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘pativratāḥ’)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/कारणसूचक (indeed/for)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणभाव (by you)

• ईश-उक्ताः: declared by the Lord
• ईश-उक्ताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘pativratāḥ’)

• पतिव्रताः: faithful wives (devoted to husbands)
• पतिव्रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिव्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Yama

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama petitions Śiva: ‘I cannot handle this sinner; appoint another.’ He then praises pativratā women as the world’s support—visualized as luminous women standing like protective pillars behind the cosmic order.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Īśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pativratā-dharma is portrayed as a pillar of social and cosmic order; violating it destabilizes the world and demands higher divine intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse praises the dharmic principle of pativratā as world-supporting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is doctrinal praise of pativratā-dharma and a request for administrative action.