Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

रक्षित्वा कृपया ह्यस्मान्मा कुरुष्व च साहसम् । परित्यजसि नः सर्वान्भक्तानद्य निरागसः

Transliteration

rakṣitvā kṛpayā hyasmānmā kuruṣva ca sāhasam | parityajasi naḥ sarvānbhaktānadya nirāgasaḥ

Translation

Du, der du uns aus Erbarmen beschützt hast, begehe jetzt keine unbesonnene Tat. Verlass uns heute nicht, uns alle, deine Bhaktas, die wir ohne Schuld sind.

Word by Word

• rakṣitvā: having protected
• rakṣitvā: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• kṛpayā: with compassion
• kṛpayā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Prohibition marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• kuruṣva: do
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sāhasam: rash act, violence
• sāhasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• parityajasi: you abandon
• parityajasi: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naḥ: of us / our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (enclitic)

• sarvān: all (of us)
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• bhaktān: devotees
• bhaktān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• nirāgasaḥ: sinless, blameless
• nirāgasaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āgas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (free from sin/offence)

Speaker

Mālyavat and companions (petitioners, speaking collectively)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees, anxious yet reverent, plead: ‘Do not do rashness; do not abandon us, your blameless bhaktas.’ Their faces show fear of separation and reliance on compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Mālyavat

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotees appeal to divine/royal guardianship: compassion should be consistent, and the innocent should not be forsaken.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; it is part of Setukhaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is ethical and devotional—seeking continued protection.