Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सुप्ताथ सुचिरं वाते धिन्नो गर्भो मया तव । कृता एकोनपंचाशद्भागा वज्रेण ते सुताः

Transliteration

suptātha suciraṃ vāte dhinno garbho mayā tava | kṛtā ekonapaṃcāśadbhāgā vajreṇa te sutāḥ

Translation

“جب تو دیر تک سوئی رہی، اے دِتی، میں نے ہوا میں تیرا رحم چیر دیا؛ اور اپنے وجر سے تیرے بیٹوں کو انچاس حصوں میں بانٹ دیا۔”

Word by Word

• suptā: (you) having slept
• suptā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svap (स्वप् धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सुप्ता (त्वम्)’ (having slept)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अथ अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रारम्भार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• suciram: for a long time
• suciram: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sucira (सुचिर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययवत् (accusative used adverbially): दीर्घकालम् (for a long time)

• vāte: in the wind
• vāte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāta (वात प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण-कारक

• dhinnaḥ: split
• dhinnaḥ: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhid (भिद् धातु) + na (क्त/क्तवत्-समकक्ष; here ‘भिन्न’)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (भिन्न/विदीर्ण), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• garbhaḥ: the embryo
• garbhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha (गर्भ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृ/करण-भाव (by me)

• tava: of you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• kṛtāḥ: made
• kṛtāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (made)

• ekona-paṃcāśat-bhāgāḥ: forty-nine parts
• ekona-paṃcāśat-bhāgāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekona (एकोन) + paṃcāśat (पञ्चाशत्) + bhāga (भाग)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वपद); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘एकोनपञ्चाशत्’ = 49

• vajreṇa: with the thunderbolt
• vajreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (वज्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण-कारक

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sutāḥ: sons
• sutāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (सुत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra admits cutting Diti’s womb in the wind and splitting the sons into forty-nine with the vajra; swirling winds and lightning frame the confession.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Diti
• Vajra
• Maruts (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights how actions driven by fear and rivalry can fracture what is whole, turning a single intention into many consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it belongs to a mythic narrative explaining divine lineages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is purely narrative.