Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
स्वीयेन कर्मणा दक्षो हतो ब्रह्मन्न संशयः
Transliteration
svīyena karmaṇā dakṣo hato brahmanna saṃśayaḥ
Translation
اے برہما! اپنے ہی کرم کے سبب دکش ہلاک ہوا—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Word by Word
स्वीयेनby his own
स्वीयेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Instrumental singular; adjectival)
कर्मणाby (his) action/deed
कर्मणा:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
दक्षःDakṣa
दक्षः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन (Nominative singular)
हतःwas slain/killed
हतः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम् (past passive participle; predicate)
ब्रह्मन्O Brahman (O Brahmā)
ब्रह्मन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (Vocative singular)
नnot / no
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Pradhāna (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular); वाक्ये विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)
Speaker
Śiva (continuing from previous verse)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Brahmā (addressed as Brahman/Parameṣṭhin in adjacent verses)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A solemn didactic moment: Rudra (or a sage-voice) declares that Dakṣa’s downfall is self-caused; the atmosphere is grave, with the shadow of the disrupted sacrifice implied rather than shown.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaB
BrahmāD
DakṣaFAQs
Accountability is central to dharma: harmful pride and wrongdoing mature into consequences through one’s own karma.
None; the focus is ethical causality within the Dakṣa narrative.
None.