Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

त्वद्भार्यामस्य भार्यां च त्वां च पुत्रमिमं द्विज । भक्षयिष्यामि वंशं च तस्मान्मुञ्च सुतं त्विमम्

Transliteration

tvadbhāryāmasya bhāryāṃ ca tvāṃ ca putramimaṃ dvija | bhakṣayiṣyāmi vaṃśaṃ ca tasmānmuñca sutaṃ tvimam

Translation

„Deine Gattin, seine Gattin, auch dich und diesen Sohn, o Zweimalgeborener, werde ich verschlingen, ebenso dein Geschlecht. Darum lass diesen deinen Sohn frei.“

Word by Word

• त्वद्भार्याम्: your wife
• त्वद्भार्याम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः (तव भार्या)

• अस्य: of him; his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — genitive singular (pronoun)

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय — conjunction

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 2nd person pronoun, accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय — conjunction

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• द्विज: O Brahmin
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — vocative singular

• भक्षयिष्यामि: I will devour
• भक्षयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — simple future, 1st person singular

• वंशम्: lineage; family line
• वंशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय — conjunction

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अपादानार्थे पञ्चमी-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत — ablative used adverbially ‘therefore/from that’

• मुञ्च: release! let go!
• मुञ्च: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative, 2nd person singular

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

Speaker

Brahmahatyā (personified sin)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sumati’s father

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmahatyā looms like a consuming shadow, threatening to devour the father, wives, son, and the entire lineage; the household appears fragile under a dark vortex, while the father stands between love and annihilating consequence.

Characters & Entities

• brahmahatyā
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harboring unpurified grave sin is depicted as endangering the entire household; dharma urges timely correction and expiation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Setu Māhātmya, Setu tīrtha is the implied locus of purification, though the verse itself is a warning within the story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears in this verse.