Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

रूपस्य परिवर्तो मे यदा स्यात्पद्मसंभव । तदा मृत्युर्मम भवेदन्यथा त्वमरो ह्यहम्

Transliteration

rūpasya parivarto me yadā syātpadmasaṃbhava | tadā mṛtyurmama bhavedanyathā tvamaro hyaham

Translation

“اے کنول سے پیدا ہونے والے! جب میری صورت میں تبدیلی آئے گی تبھی میری موت ہوگی؛ ورنہ میں یقیناً بےموت (امر) ہوں۔”

Word by Word

• rūpasya: of (my) form
• rūpasya: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• parivartaḥ: change/alteration
• parivartaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parivarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• me: of me/my
• me: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal conjunction)

• syāt: should be/occurs
• syāt: Kriya (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• padma-saṃbhava: O lotus-born (Brahmā)
• padma-saṃbhava: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पद्मात् सम्भवः)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• mṛtyuḥ: death
• mṛtyuḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• bhavet: would be
• bhavet: Kriya (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Sambandha (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• amaraḥ: immortal
• amaraḥ: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'अहम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: emphasis/indeed)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Daitya/Asura (boon-seeker)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Padma/ Kamala-sambhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The asura, addressing Brahmā, stipulates: only if his form changes will death occur; otherwise he claims deathlessness—an audacious, legalistic demand.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmasaṃbhava)
• Asura (boon-seeker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking loopholes to bypass cosmic law reflects adharma; boons gained with cunning become the seed of downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is part of a mythic boon-request sequence rather than a site-māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it specifies a condition for a boon (death only upon change of form).