Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जनित्वा च पुनर्योनौ कर्मशेषेण कुत्सिते । संसारे पतितानस्मान्रामनाथ दयानिधे

Transliteration

janitvā ca punaryonau karmaśeṣeṇa kutsite | saṃsāre patitānasmānrāmanātha dayānidhe

Translation

Et renaissant encore dans une matrice méprisable par le reste du karma, nous sommes tombés dans le saṃsāra. Ô Rāma-nātha, océan de compassion, daigne nous regarder.

Word by Word

• जनित्वा: having been born
• जनित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• योनौ: in a womb/birth
• योनौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कर्म-शेषेण: by the remainder of karma
• कर्म-शेषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—कर्मणः शेषः

• कुत्सिते: in a vile (birth)
• कुत्सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्सित (कृदन्त; कुत्स्/कुत्सय्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘योनौ’ इति विशेषणम्

• संसारे: in saṃsāra
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पतितान्: fallen
• पतितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; पत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘अस्मान्’ इति विशेषणम्

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• राम-नाथ: O Lord of Rāma
• राम-नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—रामस्य नाथः

• दया-निधे: O treasure of compassion
• दया-निधे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दयायाः निधिः

Speaker

Sarve Vānarāḥ (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma-nātha (addressed as compassionate Lord)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The vānaras, weary from endless wandering, prostrate before Rāmanātha; above them, a symbolic chain of births appears as broken links, while a cool, moonlit Śiva aura pours down like nectar of compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)
• Karma
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even leftover karma can bind beings to lower births; divine compassion—invoked as Rāmanātha—becomes the hope for release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara at Setu-tīrtha, revered as a compassionate liberator.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse is an appeal to mercy and liberation.