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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तव भावपरीक्षार्थं द्विजो भूत्वाहमागतः । व्याघ्रेण या परिग्रस्ता सैषा दैवी गिरींद्रजा

Transliteration

tava bhāvaparīkṣārthaṃ dvijo bhūtvāhamāgataḥ | vyāghreṇa yā parigrastā saiṣā daivī girīṃdrajā

Translation

Để khảo nghiệm lòng thành trong ý niệm thâm sâu của ngươi, ta đã đến đây, hóa thân làm một bà-la-môn (dvija). Và ‘công chúa, ái nữ của Chúa Tể núi non’ tưởng như bị hổ vồ kia, kỳ thực chính là sự hiển lộ thiêng liêng.

Word by Word
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
भावstate/intent/disposition
भाव:
Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. Singular; in compound)
परीक्षाtesting/examination
परीक्षा:
Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootपरीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. Singular; in compound)
अर्थम्for the purpose
अर्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन; with -artham)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
द्विजःa brahmin (lit. twice-born)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having become’
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)
आगतः(have) come
आगतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘I have come’
व्याघ्रेणby a tiger
व्याघ्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootव्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
याwho/which (she)
या:
Karta (Subject of relative clause)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (Relative pronoun)
परिग्रस्ताseized/grabbed
परिग्रस्ता:
Karma (Patient/कर्म; described)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-ग्रस् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन
साshe/that (woman)
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Demonstrative pronoun)
एषाthis (one)
एषा:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Demonstrative pronoun)
दैवीdivine
दैवी:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootदैवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine Nom. Sing.)
गिरीन्द्रजाdaughter of the lord of mountains (Pārvatī)
गिरीन्द्रजा:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरीन्द्र + जा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mountain-lord’ + ‘born’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (giri-indrasya jā)
Speaker

Śiva (revealing himself after the test)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene yet tense forest-court setting: a brāhmaṇa-disguised deity reveals he came to test the king’s inner intent; beside them stands a radiant mountain-born princess, previously appearing as prey to a tiger, now shown as a divine manifestation.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
D
dvija (brāhmaṇa disguise)
V
vyāghra (tiger)
G
girīṃdrajā (mountain-king’s daughter)
K
Kīrtimālinī (implied context)

FAQs

True devotion is measured by inner intention (bhāva), and the Divine may test it through deceptive appearances.

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on Śiva’s līlā (divine test) within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narrative.

None here; the verse centers on a moral-spiritual test rather than a stated rite.

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