Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 138

Devanagari script

दुष्टानां घातनं लोके पाशेन च निबन्धनम् । एवं सरीसृपाणां च दुःखं मातर्मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

duṣṭānāṃ ghātanaṃ loke pāśena ca nibandhanam | evaṃ sarīsṛpāṇāṃ ca duḥkhaṃ mātarmuhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Trong đời, kẻ ác bị giết, kẻ khác bị trói bằng thòng lọng. Vì thế, ôi Mẫu Thân, loài bò sát cũng gặp khổ đau hết lần này đến lần khác.

Word by Word

• दुष्टानाम्: of the wicked
• दुष्टानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• घातनम्: slaying
• घातनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हन् (धातु) + णिच् + ल्युट् → घातन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; action-noun (killing)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• पाशेन: with a noose
• पाशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निबन्धनम्: binding, tying up
• निबन्धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि + बन्ध् (धातु) + ल्युट् → निबन्धन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; action-noun (binding)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• सरीसृपाणाम्: of reptiles
• सरीसृपाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरीसृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुःखम्: suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मातर्: O mother
• मातर्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time/frequency)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis); कालवाचक-अव्यय

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative 'mātar' retained from narrative address)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mother (Pārvatī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark allegory: figures of the wicked being struck down, others bound by a noose; alongside, serpents and creeping beings repeatedly meeting peril—suggesting the universal net of bondage.

Characters & Entities

• Sarīsṛpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly life is marked by bondage and violence, and beings repeatedly cycle through pain—prompting a turn toward dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.