Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततः स हेमपद्मानामाजिहीर्षुर्द्विजात्मजः । तद्विप्रकारिणः सर्वान्वेतालादींस्ततोऽवधीत्

Transliteration

tataḥ sa hemapadmānāmājihīrṣurdvijātmajaḥ | tadviprakāriṇaḥ sarvānvetālādīṃstato'vadhīt

Translation

Daraufhin erschlug der Sohn eines Brāhmaṇa, der jene goldenen Lotosblüten an sich nehmen wollte, alle, die dem Brāhmaṇa feind waren – beginnend mit den Vetālas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थे (then)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• हेमपद्मानाम्: of the golden lotuses
• हेमपद्मानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Genitive plural); समासः—हेमपद्म (gold-lotus)

• आजिहीर्षुः: desiring to take (away)
• आजिहीर्षुः: Karta (Agent as qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: इच्छार्थक-तुमुन्/सन्-प्रत्ययान्त इच्छार्थक कृदन्त (desiderative participle); प्रथमा; एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; “to wish to take away”

• द्विजात्मजः: the brahmin’s son
• द्विजात्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य आत्मजः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; अव्ययवत् पूर्वपद (demonstrative used as prefix “that/there”)

• विप्रकारिणः: those who harmed the brahmin
• विप्रकारिणः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative plural); समासः—विप्रस्य कारिणः/विप्रं प्रति कारिणः (those acting against the brahmin)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वेतालादीन्: vetālas and the rest
• वेतालादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेताल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; समासः—वेताल-आदि (vetālas and others)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थे (thereupon)

• अवधीत्: killed
• अवधीत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hemakāñcana-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame typical; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the shore of a golden-lotus lake, the brāhmaṇa youth reaches for radiant hema-padmas as vetālas and other fierce beings surge forward; he strikes them down in defense.

Characters & Entities

• dvijātmaja (brāhmaṇa’s son)
• hemapadma (golden lotuses)
• vetāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes protecting the righteous and removing obstructive forces that profane sacred spaces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha-zone associated with the golden lake and its marvels.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse highlights dharmic action against tīrtha-obstructing beings.