Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अवमानेन तस्यापि यथा देवी जहौ तनुम् । यथा यज्ञः स च ध्वस्तो भवेन विदितं हि ते

Transliteration

avamānena tasyāpi yathā devī jahau tanum | yathā yajñaḥ sa ca dhvasto bhavena viditaṃ hi te

Translation

اس کی توہین کے سبب دیوی نے اپنا جسم ترک کر دیا؛ اور وہ یَجْن بھی بھَو (شیو) نے تباہ کر دیا—یہ بات تمہیں خوب معلوم ہے۔

Word by Word

• avamānena: by insult
• avamānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (भाववाचक), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — ‘अवमानेन’ (by insult)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘तस्य’ (of him/of that)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-निपात) — ‘also/even’

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/यथार्थ-सम्बन्धबोधक) — ‘as/how’

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘देवी’

• jahau: abandoned
• jahau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘जहौ’ (she abandoned)

• tanum: her body
• tanum: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘तनुम्’ (body)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (यथा-सम्बन्ध) — ‘as’

• yajñaḥ: the sacrifice
• yajñaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘यज्ञः’

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘सः’ (that/he)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• dhvastaḥ: destroyed
• dhvastaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dhvaṃs (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘ध्वस्तः’ (destroyed)

• bhavena: by Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘भवेन’ (by Bhava=Śiva)

• viditam: known
• viditam: Karta (Predicate/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘विदितम्’ (known)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/निश्चयार्थ-निपात) — ‘indeed/for’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th), एकवचन — ‘ते’ (to you/of you); अत्र ‘विदितं हि ते’ = ‘known to you’ (चतुर्थी)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-smṛti (archetypal)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī, overwhelmed by insult, withdraws life-force and abandons the body; simultaneously the yajña pavilion shatters—fire altars overturned, smoke and ash, Śiva/Bhava’s destructive presence implied or manifest.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Satī)
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Dakṣa-yajña (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual without humility and respect for Śiva becomes hollow; insult to the divine brings the collapse of merit and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse recalls the famed Dakṣa-yajña episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references a yajña (sacrifice) but functions as a cautionary narrative rather than a procedural injunction.