Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एकैकं च पुनः खण्डं चकार मघवा ततः । सप्तधा सप्तधा कोपादुद्बुध्य च ततो दितिः

Transliteration

ekaikaṃ ca punaḥ khaṇḍaṃ cakāra maghavā tataḥ | saptadhā saptadhā kopādudbudhya ca tato ditiḥ

Translation

Sau đó, Maghavā lại chia mỗi mảnh thành bảy phần, rồi lại bảy phần nữa. Lúc ấy, Diti thức giấc trong cơn thịnh nộ.

Word by Word

• eka-ekam: each one (one by one)
• eka-ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-प्राय प्रयोगः ‘one by one/each single’ qualifying khaṇḍam

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• khaṇḍam: piece, fragment
• khaṇḍam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakāra: made (into), split
• cakāra: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• maghavā: Maghavan (Indra)
• maghavā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maghavan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon/then)

• saptadhā: sevenfold
• saptadhā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saptadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in seven parts)

• saptadhā: sevenfold (again)
• saptadhā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saptadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-बल (repetition for emphasis)

• kopāt: from anger
• kopāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

• udbudhya: having awakened
• udbudhya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-budh (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) from √budh with उपसर्ग ud-; ‘having awakened’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदा/ततः (then)

• ditiḥ: Diti
• ditiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly of sages in frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra repeatedly divides each fragment again and again into sevens; Diti awakens in fury—an image of multiplication and sudden wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Maghavā)
• Diti
• Sevenfold division (saptadhā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked conflict multiplies suffering; the narrative dramatizes how one act can cascade into many consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new site is named; the episode continues within the Puṣkara-vrata setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse continues the mythic narrative sequence.