Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ततोऽपरास्त्वधर्माद्याः प्रोचुर्नैव तथा वयम् । भविष्यामो मनस्तुभ्यमस्मत्तव भयं न हि

Transliteration

tato'parāstvadharmādyāḥ procurnaiva tathā vayam | bhaviṣyāmo manastubhyamasmattava bhayaṃ na hi

Translation

پھر ادھرم وغیرہ نے کہا، “یوں نہیں؛ ہم تو یقیناً تیرے ذہن سے چمٹے رہیں گے۔ ہم ہی سے تیرے لیے خوف پیدا ہوگا۔”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anukrama (Temporal/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (sequence adverb)

• aparāḥ: others (f.)
• aparāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘अन्याः’ (Feminine nominative plural)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative particle)

• adharma-ādyāḥ: Adharma and the others
• adharma-ādyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘अधर्मः आदिः येषाम्’ (group headed by Adharma)

• procuḥ: said
• procuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्सभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd plural, active)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (Nominative plural: ‘we’)

• bhaviṣyāmaḥ: we will be
• bhaviṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Future, 1st plural, active)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय/सम्बन्धे (Neuter singular; ‘mind’)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Dative singular: ‘to you/for you’)

• asmat: from us
• asmat: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Ablative singular: ‘from us’)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Genitive singular: ‘your/of you’)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थ-निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Adharma and allied negative forces (personified), addressing the child

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic split tableau: on one side Dharma-led luminous beings; on the other Adharma-led shadowy figures asserting, ‘We too will cling to your mind; fear will arise from us.’

Characters & Entities

• Adharma
• negative vibhūtis/forces
• mind (manas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma seeks residence in the mind and generates fear; vigilance and dharmic discipline are needed to resist it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as ethical allegory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is guarding the mind through dharma.