Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पुरुषो वल्लभोऽयं मे शूले राज्ञा समर्पितः । धनं यथा च कृपणः पश्य प्राणान्न मुंचति

Transliteration

puruṣo vallabho'yaṃ me śūle rājñā samarpitaḥ | dhanaṃ yathā ca kṛpaṇaḥ paśya prāṇānna muṃcati

Translation

Sie sprach: „Dieser Mann ist mir lieb. Der König hat ihn dem Pfahl übergeben; und sieh: wie ein Geizhals am Reichtum hängt, so lässt er den Lebenshauch nicht los.“

Word by Word

• पुरुषः: man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वल्लभः: beloved
• वल्लभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; enclitic genitive

• शूले: on the stake
• शूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचन

• समर्पितः: was consigned/placed
• समर्पितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+√अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘handed over/consigned’

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/रीति-वाचक (comparative/conj.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कृपणः: a miser
• कृपणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पश्य: see, behold
• पश्य: Kriya (Imperative/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths, life
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• मुंचति: releases, lets go
• मुंचति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

The woman (rucirānanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman speaks with unwavering love: the impaled man is her beloved; though condemned by the king, he clings to life like a miser to treasure.

Characters & Entities

• Rājā (king)
• Śūla (stake)
• Beloved man (śūlaprota)
• Woman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment makes beings cling to life even at the edge of death; dharma asks for compassion amid suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Kṣetra, whose narratives teach vairāgya and mercy through vivid episodes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it frames the urgency of relieving thirst and suffering.