Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

मातस्तव सुतस्यैव सुकृतेन समागतम् । नाहं ग्रहीतुमिच्छामि विभक्तं धनसंच यम्

Transliteration

mātastava sutasyaiva sukṛtena samāgatam | nāhaṃ grahītumicchāmi vibhaktaṃ dhanasaṃca yam

Translation

അമ്മേ, ഇത് നിന്റെ മകന്റെ പുണ്യഫലത്താൽ മാത്രമേ ലഭിച്ചതുള്ളൂ. ഈ സമ്പാദിത ധനത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള വിഭജിത പങ്ക് ഞാൻ സ്വീകരിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

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

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sutasya: of (your) son
• sutasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• sukṛtena: by (his) merit, good deed
• sukṛtena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• samāgatam: obtained, come to (him)
• samāgatam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective to implied ‘idam’/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘समागत’ = come/obtained

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

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• grahītum: to accept, to take
• grahītum: Karma (Object of ‘icchāmi’ as action-noun/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + tumun (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); ‘ग्रहītum’ = to take/accept

• icchāmi: I wish
• icchāmi: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vibhaktam: divided, apportioned
• vibhaktam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√bhaj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhanasañcayam: accumulation of wealth
• dhanasañcayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + sañcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनस्य सञ्चयः)

• yam: which
• yam: Karma (Relative pronoun referring to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

Speaker

Dvija-nandana (the Brahmin’s son)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The prince gently declines a share of accumulated wealth, gesturing away from coins/cloth bundles while addressing the mother with respect; devotional tokens of Śiva worship remain visible.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit bears its own fruit; dharma includes restraint and refusing wealth not rightly one’s own.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse teaches ethical renunciation and respect for the principle of sukṛta-phala (fruit of merit).