Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एष पुत्रो मया दत्तः कुशाख्यो मम संमतः । युष्मभ्यं क्रियतां राज्ये मदीये यदि रोचते

Transliteration

eṣa putro mayā dattaḥ kuśākhyo mama saṃmataḥ | yuṣmabhyaṃ kriyatāṃ rājye madīye yadi rocate

Translation

„Diesen Sohn — Kuśa genannt und von mir gebilligt — vertraue ich euch an. Wenn es euch gefällt, setzt ihn in meinem Reich als König ein.“

Word by Word

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• dattaḥ: given
• dattaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धाातु) + kta (क्त) → datta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; putraḥ इति विशेषण

• kuśākhyaḥ: named Kuśa
• kuśākhyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नाम-विशेषणार्थः: ‘कुश’ इति आख्या यस्य/कुश-नामकः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; putraḥ इति समानाधिकरण

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• saṃmataḥ: approved, accepted
• saṃmataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + man (धातु) + kta (क्त) → saṃmata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; putraḥ/kuśākhyaḥ इति विशेषण

• yuṣmabhyam: to you (all)
• yuṣmabhyam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), बहुवचन

• kriyatām: let it be done / may it be made
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थे आज्ञा/अनुज्ञा

• rājye: in the kingdom
• rājye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• madīye: in my (own)
• madīye: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; rājye इति विशेषण

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• rocate: is pleasing / is agreeable
• rocate: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ruc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः (impersonal sense: ‘is pleasing’)

Speaker

Rāma

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) interlocutor in māhātmya dialogue (not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma formally entrusts his son Kuśa to ministers/assembly for installation; courtly setting with royal insignia, calm yet resolute mood.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Kuśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in personal upheaval, a ruler upholds rajadharma by ensuring continuity of governance and welfare of the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-māhātmya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies royal installation/administrative succession (statecraft), not a specific religious rite.