Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
ततश्च मेषरूपेण क्लेशं तस्याश्चकार सः । ततो भुजंगरूपेण बद्धा चरणयोर्द्वयोः
Transliteration
tataśca meṣarūpeṇa kleśaṃ tasyāścakāra saḥ | tato bhujaṃgarūpeṇa baddhā caraṇayordvayoḥ
Translation
پھر مینڈھے کی شکل میں اس نے اسے تکلیف دی؛ اور پھر سانپ کی شکل میں اس کے دونوں پیروں کو جکڑ لیا۔
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, काल/अनुक्रमवाचक (then)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
meṣa-rūpeṇain the form of a ram
meṣa-rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootmeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (meṣasya rūpam)
kleśamaffliction
kleśam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
tasyāḥto/for her (of her)
tasyāḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
cakāracaused/did
cakāra:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अनुक्रम (thereupon)
bhujaṃga-rūpeṇain the form of a serpent
bhujaṃga-rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootbhujaṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
baddhābound
baddhā:
Kriyā (Predicate, passive)
TypeVerb
Root√bandh (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (she was bound)
caraṇayoḥat/on the two feet
caraṇayoḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/Genitive or 7th/Locative), द्विवचन; अत्र अधिकरणार्थे (at/on the two feet)
dvayoḥof the two
dvayoḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; संख्या-विशेषण
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Sequential vignette: first a ram butting or circling to harass; then a serpent coiling around the woman’s feet, attempting to bind her; her posture remains firm, suggesting inner immovability.
Characters & Entities
I
Indra (implied)FAQs
Fear and bodily hardship are depicted as tests; endurance in dharma preserves spiritual power.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the tapas narrative context.
None; the verse illustrates impediments (vighna) faced by a practitioner.