Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

गुरुलाघवसंयोगात्तुला तेन निगद्यसे । संशयान्मोचयस्वैनमभिशस्तं नरं शुभे

Transliteration

gurulāghavasaṃyogāttulā tena nigadyase | saṃśayānmocayasvainamabhiśastaṃ naraṃ śubhe

Translation

Vì nàng kết hợp cả nặng và nhẹ, nên được gọi là Tulā (Cái Cân). Ôi bậc cát tường, xin giải thoát người đàn ông bị cáo buộc này khỏi mọi nghi ngờ.

Word by Word

• gurulāghavasaṃyogāt: from the conjunction of heaviness and lightness
• gurulāghavasaṃyogāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + lāghava (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषार्थः: गुरु-लाघवयोः संयोगः

• tulā: (you are) Tulā / the balance
• tulā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंस/पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• nigadyase: you are called/are said
• nigadyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√gad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/नामधेयार्थे (passive/denominative sense: 'you are called')

• saṃśayāt: from doubt
• saṃśayāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• mocaya: free/release
• mocaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; णिच् (causative: cause to be freed)

• sva: (please)
• sva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sva (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; आज्ञार्थ-निपात (imperative particle, enclitic)

• enam: this man/him
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); अनाफोरिक-प्रयोगः (enclitic pronoun)

• abhiśastam: accused/charged
• abhiśastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhiśasta (कृदन्त; abhi-√śas धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• naram: man
• naram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā/śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; mantra portion quoted)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulā-devī (invoked as arbiter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The priest, hands folded, addresses an unseen goddess presence above the balance; the accused stands with bowed head; a soft radiance surrounds the scale as if responding; witnesses look relieved as doubt begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Tulā (personified balance goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma seeks clarity and truth; divine invocation is used to dissolve uncertainty in judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplication to the deity of the balance (Tulā) to remove doubt regarding an accused person.