Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततः किंचित्प्रमिलिते मेनानेत्रांबुजद्वये । आविवेशमुखं रात्रिर्ब्रह्मणो वचनात्तदा

Transliteration

tataḥ kiṃcitpramilite menānetrāṃbujadvaye | āviveśamukhaṃ rātrirbrahmaṇo vacanāttadā

Translation

Rồi khi đôi mắt sen của Menā khẽ khép lại, Bóng Đêm liền nhập vào miệng nàng khi ấy, đúng theo lời truyền của Phạm Thiên (Brahmā).

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereupon/then’

• किंचित्: slightly, a little
• किंचित्: Vishesana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अल्पता-बोधक) — ‘a little, somewhat’

• प्रमिलिते: (in/when) slightly closed
• प्रमिलिते: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + मिल् (धातु) → प्रमिलित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे?; सप्तमी-द्विवचन (Locative dual) — ‘when (they) were closed’ (agreeing with नेत्राम्बुजद्वये)

• मेना: Menā
• मेना: Sambandha/Adhikarana (Possessor-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — proper noun

• नेत्राम्बुजद्वये: in the pair of lotus-eyes
• नेत्राम्बुजद्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), द्विवचन; समासः—नेत्राम्बुजयोः द्वयम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + द्वय) — ‘in the pair of lotus-like eyes’

• आविवेश: entered
• आविवेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्सभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘entered’

• मुखम्: the face
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of ‘entered’

• रात्रिः: night
• रात्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject of ‘entered’

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive ‘of Brahmā’

• वचनात्: by the command/word
• वचनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ‘from/according to the word’

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘at that time’

Speaker

Sūta narrating (deduced).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Menā rests as her lotus-eyes gently close; the personified Night (Rātri/Vibhāvarī) subtly enters her mouth, guided by Brahmā’s unseen command—an intimate, cosmic conception scene in a Himalayan palace-hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Menā
• Rātri (Niśā)
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order operates through divine instruction; extraordinary births unfold by Brahmā’s sanctioned design.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the setting is the Himalayan household of Himagiri.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a supernatural event authorized by Brahmā.