Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

किं तेऽमृतेन कार्यं स्याद्दीयताममृतं मम । इमां सुधां भवान्दद्याद्येभ्यो हि विनतोद्भव

Transliteration

kiṃ te'mṛtena kāryaṃ syāddīyatāmamṛtaṃ mama | imāṃ sudhāṃ bhavāndadyādyebhyo hi vinatodbhava

Translation

«Que ferais-tu de l’amṛta ? Donne-moi ce nectar. Ô fils de Vinatā, tu peux offrir cette sudhā, cette ambroisie, à ceux pour qui tu l’as apportée.»

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun

• ते: of you/for you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; enclitic form

• अमृतेन: with nectar
• अमृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: need/use, purpose
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• दीयताम्: let (it) be given
• दीयताम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be given’

• अमृतम्: nectar
• अमृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally

• सुधाम्: nectar (ambrosia)
• सुधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; honorific pronoun

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• येभ्यः: to whom
• येभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/causal nuance

• विनतोद्भव: O son of Vinatā (Garuḍa)
• विनतोद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); संबोधन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विनतायाः उद्भवः’

Speaker

Indra (Pākaśāsana) addressing Garuḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setukṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija interlocutor (addressed as dvijottama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa, radiant and wind-swept, holds a golden vessel of amṛta; a commanding speaker (nāga/elder) urges him to hand it over for the intended recipients, with oceanic Setu atmosphere in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Garuḍa (Vinatodbhava)
• Amṛta (Sudhā)
• Vinatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even among the mighty, outcomes are shaped through dharmic negotiation—power is balanced by rightful exchange.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Setubandha remains the sacred frame of the Setukhaṇḍa, though this line concerns the amṛta narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it concerns the transfer/possession of amṛta.