Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तेन मे सुमहद्दुःखं तस्मात्त्राहि नरेश्वर । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो राम उवाच वदतां वरः

Transliteration

tena me sumahadduḥkhaṃ tasmāttrāhi nareśvara | etacchrutvā vaco rāma uvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

ومن أجل ذلك نزل بي حزنٌ عظيم؛ فاحمِني إذن، يا سيّدَ الناس. فلمّا سمع راما هذه الكلمات، وهو خيرُ المتكلمين، أجاب.

Word by Word

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); (दुःखम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मात्: from that/therefore
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्राहि: protect/save
• त्राहि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• राम: O Rama
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• वदताम्: of speakers
• वदताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle) 'वदत्' इत्यस्य षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified petitioner/narrator; response introduced: Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant, sorrowful, appeals to Rāma; Rāma stands composed, compassionate yet resolute, about to reply—moment of narrative pivot from lament to protection.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• nareśvara (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking refuge in righteous kingship and dharmic authority is upheld; protection of sacred life is a key duty of leadership.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, whose distress becomes the cause for appeal and promised intervention.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse centers on supplication and the narrative pivot to Rāma’s response.