Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तदा प्रदीयतां शीघ्रं वामकक्षोद्भवा पुटी । अथवा तस्य राज्ञस्तु द्वारे तु पुटिकां क्षिप

Transliteration

tadā pradīyatāṃ śīghraṃ vāmakakṣodbhavā puṭī | athavā tasya rājñastu dvāre tu puṭikāṃ kṣipa

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഉടൻ ഇടത് കക്ഷത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച ആ ചെറിയ പുടിക കൈമാറുക; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആ രാജാവിന്റെ വാതിലിൽ തന്നേ ആ പുടിക എറിഞ്ഞുകളയുക।

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• प्रदीयताम्: let (it) be given
• प्रदीयताम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थे आज्ञा (let it be given)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• वामकक्षोद्भवा: arisen from the left armpit
• वामकक्षोद्भवा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वामकक्षा + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'puṭī')

• पुटी: the pouch/bag
• पुटी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: 'or else')

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• द्वारे: at the door
• द्वारे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण (locative)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पुटिकाम्: the small pouch
• पुटिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• क्षिप: throw/cast
• क्षिप: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Hanumān (deduced from immediate context: ‘hanumaṃtoditam’ in 37.35)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger or ascetic holds a small pouch said to have arisen from the left armpit, standing at the ornate gate of a king’s palace, issuing an urgent ultimatum; guards and courtiers watch tensely.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• rājā (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through timely, decisive action taken with faith in a divinely guided remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage culminates in the fruit of Rāmatīrtha (explicit in 37.39), within the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical prescription: deliver or cast a consecrated pouch (puṭikā) at the king’s gate as an efficacious act.