Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मितो भूपस्तस्यायुरतिमात्रतः । दुःखितोऽपि तदा हेतुं पप्रच्छासौ तदायुषः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vismito bhūpastasyāyuratimātrataḥ | duḥkhito'pi tadā hetuṃ papracchāsau tadāyuṣaḥ

Translation

یہ سن کر بادشاہ اس کی حد سے بڑھی ہوئی عمر پر حیران رہ گیا؛ اور اگرچہ دل گرفتہ تھا، پھر بھی اس نے اس درازیِ عمر کا سبب پوچھا۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु) → śrutvā (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• vismitaḥ: astonished
• vismitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhūpaḥ: the king
• bhūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• āyuḥ: lifespan
• āyuḥ: Karma/Viṣaya (Topic/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ati-mātrataḥ: excessively / beyond measure
• ati-mātrataḥ: Hetu/Prakāra (Cause/Manner/हेतु/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + mātratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• duḥkhitaḥ: distressed
• duḥkhitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: even though
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (concessive particle: even/though)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• hetum: the cause
• hetum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• papraccha: asked
• papraccha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• asau: that (person)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tad-āyuṣaḥ: of that lifespan
• tad-āyuṣaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—“तस्य आयुषः”

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, visibly astonished, questions the long-lived being with a mix of distress and curiosity; the atmosphere is tense but respectful.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wise inquiry seeks the cause (karma, devotion, or divine grace) behind extraordinary outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a question that leads to an explanation.