Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

परं नासौ वेद पाण्डून्पाण्डवास्तं च नो विदुः । आजन्म यस्मान्नैवाभूत्पाण्डूनां चास्य संगमः

Transliteration

paraṃ nāsau veda pāṇḍūnpāṇḍavāstaṃ ca no viduḥ | ājanma yasmānnaivābhūtpāṇḍūnāṃ cāsya saṃgamaḥ

Translation

实则他并不识般度，般度诸子亦不识他；因为自其出生以来，他与般度之子从未有过相会。

Word by Word

• परम्: however
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (वाक्योपक्रम/विरोधार्थक) — ‘परम्’ (but/however)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — ‘न’ (not)

• असौ: he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘असौ’ (he/that person)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — ‘वेद’ (knows)

• पाण्डून्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘पाण्डून्’ (the Pāṇḍus/Pāṇḍava line; here: the Pāṇḍavas)

• पाण्डवाः: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘पाण्डवाः’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘तम्’ (him)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — ‘च’ (and)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — ‘न’ (not)

• उ: at all (emphatic)
• उ: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात, बलार्थक/अनुनासिक) — ‘उ’ (indeed/at all; emphatic)

• विदुः: knew
• विदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘विदुः’ (they knew)

• आ-जन्म: since birth
• आ-जन्म: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आजन्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (आ + जन्म) — ‘आजन्म’ (from birth, since birth)

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘यस्मात्’ (from which reason/because)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — ‘न’ (not)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — ‘एव’ (indeed)

• अभूत्: occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — ‘अभूत्’ (was/happened)

• पाण्डूनाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — ‘पाण्डूनाम्’ (of the Pāṇḍavas)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — ‘च’ (and)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘अस्य’ (of him)

• संगमः: meeting; encounter
• संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘संगमः’ (meeting/association)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Barbarīka and the Pāṇḍavas stand within sight of each other near the shrine, yet their faces show no recognition—only cautious curiosity—while the Devī’s presence looms as silent witness.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍu
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Providence arranges encounters at sacred places; even unknown beings become instruments in dharma’s unfolding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context points toward a sacred kuṇḍa (pond), later referenced as Devī-kuṇḍa in the same passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; it functions as narrative groundwork for the tīrtha-related injunctions that follow.