Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
तं दृष्ट्वा विस्मिता सा च यावन्मुंचति कर्तिकाम् । तावन्निष्पीडिते कंठे मोक्तुं तस्मिन्न चाशकत्
Transliteration
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitā sā ca yāvanmuṃcati kartikām | tāvanniṣpīḍite kaṃṭhe moktuṃ tasminna cāśakat
Translation
اسے دیکھ کر وہ حیران رہ گئی؛ جب تک وہ کارتیکا کو نہ چھوڑتا رہا، تب تک گلا سختی سے دبا ہونے کے سبب وہ اپنے آپ کو اس سے چھڑا نہ سکی۔
Word by Word
tamhim
tam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Accusative, Singular
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया = Absolutive “having seen”
vismitāastonished
vismitā:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvismita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular; कर्तृविशेषण = predicate adjective
sāshe
sā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction “and”
yāvatas long as/until
yāvat:
Adhikarana (Temporal limit/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि) = indeclinable “as long as/until”
muñcatireleases/lets go
muñcati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√muc (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Present, 3rd person, Singular
kartikāmKārtikā (name)
kartikām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkartikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Feminine, Accusative, Singular
tāvatso long/that long
tāvat:
Adhikarana (Temporal extent/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottāvat (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (तावत्-पर्यन्त) = indeclinable “so long/that long”
niṣpīḍitewhen (it was) tightly pressed
niṣpīḍite:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootnis-√pīḍ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसक/पुं (सप्तमी एकवचन -e) = Past passive participle, Locative, Singular; ‘when (it was) pressed’
kaṇṭhein/on the neck
kaṇṭhe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Locative, Singular
moktumto release
moktum:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√muc (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive) = infinitive “to release”
tasminin that situation/then
tasmin:
Adhikarana (Reference/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Locative, Singular
nanot
na:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय = negation particle
caand/nor
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/अन्वय) = connective “and” (often with na = ‘nor’)
aśakatwas able
aśakat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śak (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular
Speaker
Sūta (continuing narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The woman, astonished and terrified, struggles but cannot break free as her throat is held; the moment is frozen in tense stillness.
Characters & Entities
B
BarbarīkaU
Unnamed terrifying womanFAQs
When dharma is guarded with firmness, disruptive forces lose their power to act.
No tīrtha is named.
None; it continues the narrative of an interruption being controlled.