Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
हाहा पुत्रेति च गृणन्प्रस्खलंश्च पदेपदे । घटोत्कचोऽपतद्दीनः पुत्रोपरि विमूर्छितः
Transliteration
hāhā putreti ca gṛṇanpraskhalaṃśca padepade | ghaṭotkaco'pataddīnaḥ putropari vimūrchitaḥ
Translation
“ہائے بیٹا!” کہہ کر اور ہر قدم پر لڑکھڑاتے ہوئے، غم زدہ گھٹو تکچ گر پڑا اور اپنے بیٹے پر بے ہوش ہو گیا۔
Word by Word
hāhāalas! alas!
hāhā:
Sambodhana/Exclamation (उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothāhā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उद्गार/विलाप-शब्द) = lamentation
putraO son
putra:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘O son!’
itithus
iti:
Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-उक्त्यर्थे
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
gṛṇanuttering
gṛṇan:
Kriya (Participial action)
TypeVerb
Root√gṛ (गॄ/गिर् धातु) (शतृ)
Formशतृ-प्रत्यय (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘uttering’
praskhalanstumbling
praskhalan:
Kriya (Participial action)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√skhal (स्खल् धातु) (शतृ)
Formशतृ-प्रत्यय, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘stumbling’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
padeat (each) step
pade:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण
padeat every step
pade:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति = ‘step by step’
ghaṭotkacaḥGhaṭotkaca
ghaṭotkacaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootghaṭotkaca (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
apatatfell
apatat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pat (पत् धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘fell’
dīnaḥwretched, distressed
dīnaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdīna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ghaṭotkacaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
putra-upariupon (his) son
putra-upari:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययीभावः; ‘पुत्रस्य उपरि’ = upon/over (his) son
vimūrchitaḥfainted
vimūrchitaḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-√mūrch (मूर्छ् धातु) (कृदन्त क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; ghaṭotkacaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘fainted’
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Ghaṭotkaca, towering and anguished, staggers crying 'hā hā putra', collapses, and faints upon his son’s body; the surrounding figures recoil in sorrow, some reaching to support him.
Characters & Entities
G
GhaṭotkacaFAQs
Human sorrow is natural, yet the Purāṇas frame even grief within the inevitability of karma and divine governance.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None.