Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

विषमालोड्य पास्यामि प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् । वरं न तु विरूपस्योद्वोढुर्भार्या कथंचन

Transliteration

viṣamāloḍya pāsyāmi pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam | varaṃ na tu virūpasyodvoḍhurbhāryā kathaṃcana

Translation

'میں زہر پی لوں گی یا آگ میں کود جاؤں گی، لیکن میں کسی بھی صورت میں اس بدصورت دولہا کی بیوی نہیں بنوں گی۔'

Word by Word

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आलोड्य: having mixed (it)
• आलोड्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-लुड्/आलोड् (धातु) → आलोद्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); 'having stirred/mixed'

• पास्यामि: I shall drink
• पास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; 'to drink')
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि: I shall enter
• प्रवेक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हुताशनम्: the fire
• हुताशनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत-आशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; हुतं अश्नाति इति/हुतस्य आशनः = 'fire'

• वरम्: rather
• वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Preference/प्राधान्य)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/प्राधान्यवाचक) = 'rather, better'

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अवधारण) = 'but, however'

• विरूपस्य: of the ugly one
• विरूपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; 'of an ugly (man)'

• उद्वोढुः: of the would-be husband
• उद्वोढुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्-वह् (धातु) → उद्वोढृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-अर्थे कर्तरि 'उद्वोढृ' (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'of the one who would marry/lead away'

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कथंचन: in any way at all
• कथंचन: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-प्रकारवाचक) = 'in any way/at all' (often with negation)

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden, eyes blazing with resolve and tears, gestures toward poison or a sacrificial fire, declaring she would rather die than accept the ‘misshapen’ groom; family members look alarmed.

Characters & Entities

• hutāśana (fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked social compulsion in marriage can lead to extreme despair; dharma requires discernment, consent, and suitability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the references to poison and fire are expressions of refusal, not a prescribed rite.