Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दक्ष्यते तं शमयितुं तत्समीपमुपैम्यहम् । इत्युक्तवंतं तं विप्रं तक्षकः पुनरब्रवीत्

Transliteration

dakṣyate taṃ śamayituṃ tatsamīpamupaimyaham | ityuktavaṃtaṃ taṃ vipraṃ takṣakaḥ punarabravīt

Translation

“ആ വിഷം ശമിപ്പാൻ എനിക്ക് കഴിയും; അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ അവന്റെ സമീപത്തേക്ക് പോകുന്നു” എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോട് തക്ഷകൻ വീണ്ടും പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• dakṣyate: will be burnt
• dakṣyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘दक्ष्यते’ = ‘दह्यते/दग्धो भविष्यति’

• taṃ: him
• taṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śamayituṃ: to pacify/stop (it)
• śamayituṃ: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (Infinitive/तुमर्थक), ‘शमयितुम्’ = ‘शान्तिं कर्तुम्’

• tat-samīpaṃ: to his vicinity
• tat-samīpaṃ: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tasya samīpam)

• upaimi: I go/approach
• upaimi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√i (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणार्थक निपात

• uktavantaṃ: the one who had said (so)
• uktavantaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + -vat (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्तवत् (Perfect participle/भूतपूर्वकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उक्तवन्तम्’ = ‘कथितवान्’

• taṃ: that
• taṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vipraṃ: brāhmaṇa
• vipraṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• takṣakaḥ: Takṣaka
• takṣakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनः अर्थे क्रियाविशेषण

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (with quoted speech of Kāśyapa; then Takṣaka speaks next)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāśyapa speaks with firm assurance, stepping forward as if to continue the journey; Takṣaka counters, posture tightening; the road narrows visually, symbolizing the closing of fate’s corridor.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Takṣaka
• Parīkṣit (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human effort and remedial knowledge have limits; fate and dharma unfold through divine order and prior causes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvara is the overarching sacred geography of the Setukhaṇḍa, though this verse is part of an instructive episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is mantra-based healing (cikitsā/śamana), but no formal vow, bath, or donation is specified.