Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

व्यजेष्ट शत्रून्वीर्येण प्राणं सीदीशकेशवौ । अरंस्त नीतिशास्त्रेषु तथापाठीन्महामनून्

Transliteration

vyajeṣṭa śatrūnvīryeṇa prāṇaṃ sīdīśakeśavau | araṃsta nītiśāstreṣu tathāpāṭhīnmahāmanūn

Translation

Par sa vaillance il vainquit ses ennemis, et il vénéra le Seigneur divin—Īśa et Keśava—comme son propre souffle. Il était solidement établi dans les traités de gouvernement, et il étudia aussi les grands codes sacrés.

Word by Word

• व्यजेष्ट: conquered
• व्यजेष्ट: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• वीर्येण: by valor/power
• वीर्येण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• प्राणम्: life-breath; life
• प्राणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सीदि: sink/fall down (imperative)
• सीदि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सीद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• केशवौ: (the two) Keśavas
• केशवौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचनम् (dual)

• अरंस्त: were proficient/sufficient
• अरंस्त: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अरम् (अव्यय) + अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural); अव्ययपूर्वक-प्रयोगः (with indeclinable prefix aram = sufficiently)

• नीतिशास्त्रेषु: in treatises of polity
• नीतिशास्त्रेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीति (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of manner)

• अपाठीन्: studied/read
• अपाठीन्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• महामनून्: the great Manus (lawgivers)
• महामनून्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महान् (प्रातिपदिक) + मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative style within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dharmic king, armored yet serene, offers reverence to Śiva and Viṣṇu as twin pillars of his life; behind him are palm-leaf manuscripts of nīti-śāstra and dharma-codes, with the sea and a distant causeway evoking Setu.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• Manu (as dharma-code tradition)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True kingship blends valor with dharma—devotion to the Divine (Śiva and Viṣṇu) and disciplined study of ethical law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Setu Khaṇḍa setting points to Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram sacred geography, though this verse itself focuses on rāja-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on dharmic learning (Manu-codes) and devotion.