Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

श्रीराम उवाच । का त्वं शुभे कस्य परिग्रहो वा केनावधूता विजने निरस्ता । मुष्टं धनं केन च तावकीनमाचक्ष्व मातः सकलं ममाग्रे

Transliteration

śrīrāma uvāca | kā tvaṃ śubhe kasya parigraho vā kenāvadhūtā vijane nirastā | muṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kena ca tāvakīnamācakṣva mātaḥ sakalaṃ mamāgre

Translation

ພຣະສີຣາມຕັດວ່າ: “ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ເປັນມົງຄຸນ, ເຈົ້າແມ່ນໃຜ ແລະເປັນເມຍຂອງໃຜ? ໃຜໄດ້ຂັບໄລ່ແລະປະຖິ້ມເຈົ້າໃນບ່ອນວັງເວງນີ້? ແລະໃຜໄດ້ຊິງເອົາຊັບພຽງກຳມືຂອງເຈົ້າ? ແມ່ເອີຍ ຈົ່ງເລົ່າທຸກຢ່າງຕໍ່ໜ້າເຮົາ”

Word by Word

• śrīrāmaḥ: Śrī Rāma
• śrīrāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-rāma (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (श्रीः + रामः)

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

• kā: who (fem.)
• kā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् सम्बोधन

• kasya: of whom
• kasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• parigrahaḥ: husband/consort; protector
• parigrahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• kena: by whom/with what
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• avadhūtā: cast off/abandoned
• avadhūtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava-dhū (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (cast off/abandoned)

• vijane: in a lonely place
• vijane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• nirastā: driven away/banished
• nirastā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-as (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (thrown out/banished)

• muṣṭam: clutched (in the fist)
• muṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (clenched/held in fist)

• dhanam: wealth/money
• dhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kena: by whom
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• tāvakīnam: your (own)
• tāvakīnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāvakīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; स्वत्ववाचक विशेषण (belonging to you)

• ācakṣva: tell; explain
• ācakṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• mātaḥ: O mother
• mātaḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• sakalam: all; entire
• sakalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; अस्मद्-सर्वनाम

• agre: before; in front (of me)
• agre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in front/presence)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma in forest attire stands before an auspicious yet distressed woman in a lonely woodland; his posture is gentle, questioning, protective; sparse trees, hermitage-path, subdued light.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma begins with compassionate inquiry and protection of the distressed, treating the vulnerable with reverence (“mātaḥ”).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse; it is a moral-dialogue passage.