Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

कृपया परया युक्तो विधूमं प्राह सांत्वयन् । ब्रह्मोवाच । त्वयि शापोऽप्ययं दत्तो न चासत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्

Transliteration

kṛpayā parayā yukto vidhūmaṃ prāha sāṃtvayan | brahmovāca | tvayi śāpo'pyayaṃ datto na cāsatyaṃ bravīmyaham

Translation

Doué d’une compassion suprême, Brahmā parla à Vidhūma pour le réconforter. Brahmā dit : «Ce fléau t’a bien été donné, et je ne profère point de mensonge».

Word by Word

• kṛpayā: with compassion
• kṛpayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• parayā: supreme/great
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (kṛpayā)

• yuktaḥ: endowed (with)
• yuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuj (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vidhūmam: Vidhūma
• vidhūmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sāṃtvayan: comforting
• sāṃtvayan: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-tvi (धातु) + शतृ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvayi: in you/upon you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śāpaḥ: a curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (śāpaḥ)

• dattaḥ: given/assigned
• dattaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (śāpaḥ) विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• asatyam: untruth
• asatyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• bravīmi: I speak
• bravīmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā consoles Vidhūma: firm yet compassionate; one hand in teaching gesture, another in reassurance; Vidhūma listens attentively, sorrow easing.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vidhūma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion may console and limit suffering, but satya and karmic order are not casually overturned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.