Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

न वंशजं गुणं हातुमुत्सहेयं कथंचन । तत्करिष्ये च साहाय्यं सेनायास्तरणे तव

Transliteration

na vaṃśajaṃ guṇaṃ hātumutsaheyaṃ kathaṃcana | tatkariṣye ca sāhāyyaṃ senāyāstaraṇe tava

Translation

Ich vermag keineswegs die ererbte Tugend meines Geschlechts aufzugeben. Darum werde ich Hilfe leisten, damit dein Heer hinübergelange.

Word by Word

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

• वंशजम्: inherited (by lineage)
• वंशजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वंशज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गुणम् इति विशेषण (born of lineage/inherited)

• गुणम्: virtue/quality
• गुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हातुम्: to abandon
• हातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), परस्मैपद-धातु; 'to abandon'

• उत्सहेयम्: I would be able/dare
• उत्सहेयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कथंचन: in any way (at all)
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), नकारार्थे बलवत्तरम् (in any way/at all)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'that' (referring to help)

• करिष्ये: I shall do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• साहाय्यम्: assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सेनायाः: of the army
• सेनायाः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• तरणे: in the crossing (over)
• तरणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; 'in crossing'

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Samudra (Varuṇa; Lord of the Ocean)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Samudra-deva (or the ocean personified) vows assistance for the army’s crossing, embodying steadfast lineage-virtue; Rāma’s army waits, poised for construction of the bridge.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Rāma’s army (vānaras implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should uphold inherited dharmic virtue and act in support of righteous purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram is implied as the sacred crossing-place where divine cooperation enables dharmic victory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on dharma as faithful support for a righteous mission.