Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

विप्रप्रसादात्कमलावरोऽहं विप्रप्रसादाद्धरणीधरोऽहम् । विप्रप्रसादाज्जगतीपतिश्च विप्रप्रसादान्मम रामनाम

Transliteration

vipraprasādātkamalāvaro'haṃ vipraprasādāddharaṇīdharo'ham | vipraprasādājjagatīpatiśca vipraprasādānmama rāmanāma

Translation

„Durch die Gnade der Brāhmaṇas bin ich der Geliebte Lakṣmīs; durch die Gnade der Brāhmaṇas bin ich der Träger der Erde, ein wahrer Herrscher. Durch die Gnade der Brāhmaṇas bin ich der Herr der Welt; und durch die Gnade der Brāhmaṇas ist selbst der Name ‚Rāma‘ der meine.“

Word by Word

• vipra-prasādāt: from the favor/grace of the brahmins
• vipra-prasādāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• kamalā-varaḥ: the best of Kamalā (Lakṣmī) / Lakṣmī's chosen (i.e., Viṣṇu)
• kamalā-varaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• vipra-prasādāt: from brahmins' grace
• vipra-prasādāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• dharaṇī-dharaḥ: bearer of the earth (king/mountain)
• dharaṇī-dharaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• vipra-prasādāt: from brahmins' grace
• vipra-prasādāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• jagatī-patiḥ: lord of the world
• jagatī-patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagatī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• vipra-prasādāt: from brahmins' grace
• vipra-prasādāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• rāma-nāma: the name 'Rāma'
• rāma-nāma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Rāma (Dāśarathi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, still humble, proclaims that all his fortune, kingship, and even his name arise from the grace of Brāhmaṇas; the brāhmaṇas listen with pleased composure.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)
• Kamalā (Lakṣmī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly authority and spiritual auspiciousness become stable through dharma—symbolized here as the ‘grace of the Brāhmaṇas’ and reverence for sacred learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in the verse; the Dharmāraṇya setting frames the teaching on dharma and sacred authority.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a specific rite, but a dharmic principle: honoring Brāhmaṇas and seeking their blessings as a foundation for righteous rule.