Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
विद्यया परितुष्टाय तस्मै द्विजकुमारकौ । विवाहार्थं कृतोद्योगौ धनहीनावशंसताम्
Transliteration
vidyayā parituṣṭāya tasmai dvijakumārakau | vivāhārthaṃ kṛtodyogau dhanahīnāvaśaṃsatām
Translation
その学徳に満足した王に対し、二人の若きバラモンは、財に乏しき身ながら願いを申し上げ、婚姻のために尽力していると告げた。
Word by Word
विद्ययाby (their) learning
विद्यया:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
परितुष्टायto (him) who was pleased
परितुष्टाय:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि + तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तस्मै इत्यस्य विशेषण
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन
द्विजकुमारकौthe two young Brahmins
द्विजकुमारकौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजस्य कुमारकौ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन
विवाहार्थम्for marriage
विवाहार्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविवाह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (for the purpose of marriage)
कृतोद्योगौhaving made preparations
कृतोद्योगौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (कृ धातु + क्त) + उद्योग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (कृतः उद्योगः यस्य); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; द्विजकुमारकौ इत्यस्य विशेषण
धनहीनौlacking wealth
धनहीनौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (धनेन हीनौ / धन-हीनौ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कृतोद्योगौ इत्यस्य सह विशेषण
अशंसताम्they stated/declared
अशंसताम्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootशंस् (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; नकारार्थे ‘अ-’ उपसर्गः (they declared/said)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Brahmottara-khaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The king, pleased by their scholarship, listens as the two brāhmaṇa youths respectfully request assistance for marriage, openly admitting their lack of wealth.
FAQs
Learning and humility allow one to seek necessary support for dharmic duties without abandoning integrity.
No tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on social dharma and rightful petition.
Marriage (vivāha) is the stated aim; charity is implied by the king’s role but not yet described here.