Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तथेति विधिनाप्युक्तं वम्री चोद्यममाश्रिता । गुणभक्षादिकं कर्म तया सर्वं कृतं नृप

Transliteration

tatheti vidhināpyuktaṃ vamrī codyamamāśritā | guṇabhakṣādikaṃ karma tayā sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ nṛpa

Translation

Ainsi, instruite selon la règle, la Vamrī se mit à l’œuvre ; et tous les actes—à commencer par ronger la corde de l’arc—furent accomplis par elle, ô Roi.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (so/thus)

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणार्थक (quotative particle)

• विधिना: by rule / duly
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक (also/even)

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वम्री: Vamrī
• वम्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वम्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चोद्यमम्: the instruction/impulse
• चोद्यमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चोद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आश्रिता: having resorted to / having undertaken
• आश्रिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past participle, active sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गुणभक्षादिकम्: beginning with eating the guṇa (thread) etc.
• गुणभक्षादिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण + भक्ष + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गुणभक्षः आदिः यस्य तत्)

• कर्म: act / task
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a King within the frame-story)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Vamrī, having been instructed according to proper rite, undertakes the task and gnaws through the bowstring (and related acts), removing the obstacle and enabling the sacrifice to proceed.

Characters & Entities

• Vamrī
• Yajña
• Guṇabhakṣa
• King (Nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When an act is aligned with dharma and done by proper method (vidhi), determined effort can remove obstacles to sacred aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it concludes an episode within the Dharmāraṇya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The narrative confirms the performance of the agreed act (guṇabhakṣa—gnawing the bowstring) as part of enabling yajña-siddhi.