Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यो विप्रो विरहार्तः सन्मृतः कामविमोहितः । सोऽस्याः पाणिग्रहं कृत्वा भवेस्मिन्निधनं गतः

Transliteration

yo vipro virahārtaḥ sanmṛtaḥ kāmavimohitaḥ | so'syāḥ pāṇigrahaṃ kṛtvā bhavesminnidhanaṃ gataḥ

Translation

那位婆罗门因离别而痛苦，又为欲望所迷惑而死；而在此生中，他与她执手成婚之后，又再度走向死亡。

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• vipraḥ: a Brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• virahārtaḥ: distressed by separation
• virahārtaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viraha + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विरहेण आर्तः इति (तृतीया/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• san: being
• san: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘being’ (participial)

• mṛtaḥ: died/was dead
• mṛtaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘dead’

• kāmavimohitaḥ: deluded by desire
• kāmavimohitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + vimohita (vi+√muh, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कामेन विमोहितः इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of her’

• pāṇigraham: hand-taking (marriage)
• pāṇigraham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇi + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; पाणेः ग्रहः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया ‘having done’

• bhave: in the world/life
• bhave: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in (this) existence’

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम; भवे इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• nidhanam: death/end
• nidhanam: Gati-karma (Goal/Object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः लक्ष्य (goal)

• gataḥ: went/reached
• gataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone/reached’

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (narrative voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa consumed by separation and desire dies; later, after marrying the same woman in another life, he meets death again—an image of karmic repetition and the wheel of saṃsāra.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unresolved desire and attachment can bind beings across lives, producing repeated suffering until purified by dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the term pāṇigraha (marriage) appears; no ritual steps are prescribed.