Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

स समादाय वेगेन पूर्वकर्मप्रचोदितः । तस्मै संदर्शयामास राज पुत्राय धीमते

Transliteration

sa samādāya vegena pūrvakarmapracoditaḥ | tasmai saṃdarśayāmāsa rāja putrāya dhīmate

Translation

過去の業の促しに駆られて、彼は急ぎそれを取り上げ、賢き王子――王の御子に示した。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समादाय: having taken (it)
• समादाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययवत्; 'having taken'

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• पूर्वकर्मप्रचोदितः: impelled by past deeds
• पूर्वकर्मप्रचोदितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रचोदित (कृदन्त, √चुद्/चोद् with प्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पूर्वकर्मणा प्रचोदितः = impelled by former karma)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संदर्शयामास: showed
• संदर्शयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-दृश् (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) = 'caused to see/showed'

• राज: of the king
• राज: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; (सम्बन्धे)

• पुत्राय: to the son
• पुत्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• धीमते: wise
• धीमते: Sampradana (Recipient-qualifier/सम्प्रदानविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पुत्राय)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A simple hunter/niṣāda figure quickly lifts a small liṅga with care, hurrying toward a young prince; the prince stands attentive, suggesting impending instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Siṃhaketu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred encounters are often portrayed as karmically ordained, prompting one toward devotion and righteous action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named holy site; the emphasis is on karmic prompting toward Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it transitions the story toward instructions on worship.