Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

मातस्तव सुतस्यैव सुकृतेन समागतम् । नाहं ग्रहीतुमिच्छामि विभक्तं धनसंच यम्

Transliteration

mātastava sutasyaiva sukṛtena samāgatam | nāhaṃ grahītumicchāmi vibhaktaṃ dhanasaṃca yam

Translation

«Mutter, dies ist allein durch das Verdienst deines eigenen Sohnes gekommen. Ich wünsche keinen aufgeteilten Anteil an diesem angesammelten Reichtum zu nehmen.»

Word by Word

• mātaḥ: O mother
• mātaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sutasya: of (your) son
• sutasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• sukṛtena: by (his) merit, good deed
• sukṛtena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• samāgatam: obtained, come to (him)
• samāgatam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective to implied ‘idam’/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘समागत’ = come/obtained

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

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• grahītum: to accept, to take
• grahītum: Karma (Object of ‘icchāmi’ as action-noun/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); ‘ग्रहītum’ = to take/accept

• icchāmi: I wish
• icchāmi: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vibhaktam: divided, apportioned
• vibhaktam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√bhaj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhanasañcayam: accumulation of wealth
• dhanasañcayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + sañcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनस्य सञ्चयः)

• yam: which
• yam: Karma (Relative pronoun referring to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

Speaker

Dvija-nandana (the Brahmin’s son)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The prince gently declines a share of accumulated wealth, gesturing away from coins/cloth bundles while addressing the mother with respect; devotional tokens of Śiva worship remain visible.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit bears its own fruit; dharma includes restraint and refusing wealth not rightly one’s own.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse teaches ethical renunciation and respect for the principle of sukṛta-phala (fruit of merit).