Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि विषदिव्यं श्रृणुष्व मे

Transliteration

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi viṣadivyaṃ śrṛṇuṣva me

Translation

اب میں وِش-دیویہ، یعنی زہر کی آزمائش، کی پوری وضاحت کروں گا؛ میری بات غور سے سنو۔

Word by Word

• अथ: now; then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव) = now/then

• अतः: thereafter; therefore
• अतः: Hetu/Anantara (Therefore/thereafter)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/अनन्तर) = therefore/thereafter

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain fully
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विषदिव्यम्: the poison-ordeal (divine test by poison)
• विषदिव्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक) + दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = विषस्य दिव्यम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मे: to me; from me (my words)
• मे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (enclitic) = my/to me (here: 'from me' sense)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viṣa-divya (poison ordeal)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage figure raises a hand to begin instruction; students/listeners sit attentively; ritual vessels and herbs hint at the upcoming poison ordeal.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma must be established through disciplined, rule-bound procedures rather than impulse—truth is to be approached with solemnity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on dharmic procedure (divya-parīkṣā) within the Māheśvara narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It introduces the viṣa-divya (poison ordeal) and signals that its method will be described in the following verses.