Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हृदयं दययाक्रांतं श्रियाक्रांतं च तद्वपुः । चरणौ यस्य सामंतचूडामणिमरीचिभिः

Transliteration

hṛdayaṃ dayayākrāṃtaṃ śriyākrāṃtaṃ ca tadvapuḥ | caraṇau yasya sāmaṃtacūḍāmaṇimarīcibhiḥ

Translation

Sein Herz war von Mitgefühl überwältigt, und sein Leib war von königlichem Glanz durchdrungen. Die Strahlen der Scheiteljuwelen der untergebenen Könige fielen—ja, sie erleuchteten—seine Füße.

Word by Word

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (heart)

• दयया: by compassion
• दयया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (by/with compassion)

• आक्रान्तम्: overcome/filled
• आक्रान्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (overcome/filled)

• श्रिया: by splendour
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (by prosperity/beauty)

• आक्रान्तम्: overcome/filled
• आक्रान्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (overcome/filled)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (that)

• वपुः: body
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (body/form)

• चरणौ: (his) two feet
• चरणौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), द्विवचन; (two feet)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक-सामान्य; (whose/of whom)

• सामन्तचूडामणिमरीचिभिः: by the rays of the diadem-gems of vassal-kings
• सामन्तचूडामणिमरीचिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + चूडामणि (प्रातिपदिक) + मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारण-तत्पुरुष): सामन्तानां चूडामणीनां मरीचयः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (मरीचि), तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; (by the rays)

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in the excerpt; likely the Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate, radiant king seated or standing in court; subordinate kings bow, their jeweled crowns casting rays that fall upon and illuminate the king’s feet; attendants with flywhisks, parasol, and banners.

Characters & Entities

• mahīpati (king)
• sāmanta (feudatory kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True kingship is praised as a union of compassion (dayā) and righteous prosperity (śrī), where power is tempered by mercy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a royal-virtue description within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated here; the verse is descriptive, not injunctional.