Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

कुंडेऽस्मिंश्चैत्रबहुले प्रतिपद्येव स्वाहया । ततश्च पावको दुःखाच्छुशोच च मुमोह च

Transliteration

kuṃḍe'smiṃścaitrabahule pratipadyeva svāhayā | tataśca pāvako duḥkhācchuśoca ca mumoha ca

Translation

Vào trong chiếc bình này—ngày Pratipadā (mồng một) của nửa tháng sáng tháng Caitra—nhờ Svāhā. Bấy giờ Pāvaka, vì sầu khổ, than khóc và rơi vào mê muội.

Word by Word

• कुंडे: in the pit/kuṇḍa
• कुंडे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चैत्रबहुले: in the dark fortnight of Caitra
• चैत्रबहुले: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal location/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चैत्र-बहुल (प्रातिपदिक; चैत्र + बहुल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying time/fortnight)

• प्रतिपदि: on the first lunar day (pratipad)
• प्रतिपदि: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal location/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-बोधक अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• स्वाहया: by (uttering) svāhā / with Svāhā
• स्वाहया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रम-वाचक अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पावकः: Fire (Pāvaka)
• पावकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दुःखात्: from sorrow
• दुःखात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• शुशोच: lamented
• शुशोच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुमोह: became deluded/fainted
• मुमोह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni (Pāvaka), radiant yet dimmed by grief, stands near a sacred kunda on Caitra śukla pratipad; the atmosphere is heavy, with flickering flames suggesting inner turmoil.

Characters & Entities

• Svāhā
• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Caitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings experience grief when dharma is strained; the Purāṇas show that remorse can follow transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse provides a calendrical time-marker (Caitra bright pratipad).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; Svāhā is invoked as an entity, resonant with sacrificial tradition.