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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तस्यानुजः शुचाविष्टो दृष्ट्वा दूरे तिरोहितः । भ्रातरं निहतं दृष्ट्वा चिंतयामास चेतसा

Transliteration

tasyānujaḥ śucāviṣṭo dṛṣṭvā dūre tirohitaḥ | bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā

Translation

Son jeune frère, saisi de chagrin, se retira et demeura au loin. Voyant son frère abattu, il réfléchit profondément en son esprit.

Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; (of him)
अनुजःyounger brother
अनुजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (younger brother)
शुचाwith grief
शुचा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुच्/शुचा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (with grief)
आविष्टःovercome
आविष्टः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (possessed/overcome)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), (having seen)
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: at a distance)
तिरोहितःhidden
तिरोहितः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतिरस्-√धा/√हि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (hidden/disappeared)
भ्रातरम्(his) brother
भ्रातरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (brother)
निहतम्slain
निहतम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भ्रातरम्-विशेषण (slain)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), (having seen)
चिन्तयामासpondered
चिन्तयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect) periphrastic, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; (thought/reflected)
चेतसाwith (his) mind
चेतसा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (with mind)
Speaker

Narrator (not specified in the excerpt; likely the Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The younger brother stands at a distance, stricken; the slain brother lies in the forest; the survivor’s posture shows withdrawal and inward contemplation—hands to chest or head, eyes downcast; retinue subdued.

Characters & Entities
A
anuja (younger brother)

FAQs

Grief can become the seed of intention; Purāṇic storytelling often highlights how inner resolve shapes future karma.

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