Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

येन वै दुःखिता विप्रास्तेनाहं दुःखितः कपे

Transliteration

yena vai duḥkhitā viprāstenāhaṃ duḥkhitaḥ kape

Translation

ഹേ കപി! ഏതു കാരണത്താൽ ബ്രാഹ്മണർ ദുഃഖിതരായോ, അതേ കാരണത്താൽ ഞാനും ദുഃഖിതനാണ്।

Word by Word

• येन: by whom/which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणविभक्तिः = by which/whom

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• दुःखिताः: afflicted
• दुःखिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (कृदन्त; √दुःख्/दुःख धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = afflicted/sorrowful

• विप्राः: Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘therefore/by that’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• दुःखितः: am afflicted
• दुःखितः: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (कृदन्त; √दुःख्/दुःख धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• कपे: O monkey (O Kapi)
• कपे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified speaker addressing ‘kapi’ (likely within a Hanumān-related narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: kapi (monkey; contextually Hanumān or a monkey-figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate speaker addresses a monkey-hero: ‘The very cause that made the brāhmaṇas suffer makes me suffer too.’ The moment is intimate, heavy with empathy, suggesting a vow to remedy the injustice.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra
• Kapi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma includes empathy—one shares the pain of the righteous and feels responsible to relieve it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an expression of compassion and solidarity.