Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

नालब्ध संश्रयः शक्रो वक्तुमेतदिहार्हति । निमित्तानि च घोराणि संत्रासं जनयंति मे

Transliteration

nālabdha saṃśrayaḥ śakro vaktumetadihārhati | nimittāni ca ghorāṇi saṃtrāsaṃ janayaṃti me

Translation

“因陀罗既未得依怙，便不宜在此出此言。且诸般可怖凶兆，正令我心中生起惊惧。”

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• alabdha-saṃśrayaḥ: one who has not obtained refuge
• alabdha-saṃśrayaḥ: Karta (Agent described/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + labdha (√labh धातु + क्त) + saṃśraya (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः—अलब्धः संश्रयः यस्य सः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• vaktum: to speak
• vaktum: Kriya (Purpose/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) + tumun (कृत्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• arhati: is fit, deserves
• arhati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• nimittāni: omens, signs
• nimittāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• ghorāṇi: terrible
• ghorāṇi: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (nimittāni)

• saṃtrāsam: fear, panic
• saṃtrāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtrāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• janayanti: produce, generate
• janayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) (causative)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) ‘जनयति’

• me: for me, to me
• me: Sampradana (Experiencer/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूपम्; अत्र दत्तार्थे—चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) ‘मम/मह्यम्’

Speaker

Daitya (implied by the continuing narrative of the Daitya’s thoughts; explicit speaker not marked)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Daitya reflects: ‘Indra, without refuge, is unfit to speak so here’; dreadful omens arise, filling him with terror—an inward psychological scene with cosmic signs.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra
• Indra
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When one is cut off from righteous refuge (saṃśraya), fear and ominous signs intensify—adharma destabilizes the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred geography is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes psychological fear and ominous signs.