Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

इंद्रद्युम्न उवाच । चतुर्मुखेन तेनाहं स्वर्गान्निर्वासितः स्वयम् । विलक्ष्योन प्रयास्यामि पाताधिक्यादिदूषिते

Transliteration

iṃdradyumna uvāca | caturmukhena tenāhaṃ svargānnirvāsitaḥ svayam | vilakṣyona prayāsyāmi pātādhikyādidūṣite

Translation

اِندرَدْیُمن نے کہا: اُس چہارچہرہ (برہما) نے مجھے خود ہی سُورگ سے نکال دیا۔ رسوا ہو کر میں اُس جگہ کی طرف نہیں جاؤں گا جو زوال وغیرہ کی غلبہ مندی سے آلودہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• iṃdradyumnaḥ: Indradyumna
• iṃdradyumnaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṃdradyumna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• caturmukhena: by the four-faced one (Brahmā)
• caturmukhena: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘चत्वारि मुखानि यस्य’ = ब्रह्मा

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• svargāt: from heaven
• svargāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• nirvāsitaḥ: banished
• nirvāsitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nis-√vas (धातु) → nirvāsita (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); कर्मणि भाव (passive sense)

• svayam: myself/indeed
• svayam: Prakaraṇa (Emphasis/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वयम् (reflexive/emphatic adverb)

• vilakṣyaḥ: having noticed/being distinguished
• vilakṣyaḥ: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-√lakṣ (धातु) → vilakṣya (कृदन्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-रूप क्रियाविशेषण; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having noticed/being marked’

• na: not
• na: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• prayāsyāmi: I will go forth
• prayāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pāta-ādhikya-ādi-dūṣite: in/with (a state) tainted by excess of downfall etc.
• pāta-ādhikya-ādi-dūṣite: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādhikya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + dūṣita (कृदन्त; √dūṣ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समाससमूह: ‘पाताधिक्यादिभिः दूषिते’ (tainted by excess of falling etc.)

Speaker

Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Indradyumna speaks with firm detachment, turning away from the offered ascent; a faint celestial gate or vimāna may appear behind, while his gaze is set on a higher, unseen goal.

Characters & Entities

• Indradyumna
• Brahmā (Caturmukha)
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honor and heaven are impermanent; the wise may turn away from status and seek a purer, liberating path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is a moral turning-point within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on inner resolve and renunciation rather than external ritual.