Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

रक्षित्वा कृपया ह्यस्मान्मा कुरुष्व च साहसम् । परित्यजसि नः सर्वान्भक्तानद्य निरागसः

Transliteration

rakṣitvā kṛpayā hyasmānmā kuruṣva ca sāhasam | parityajasi naḥ sarvānbhaktānadya nirāgasaḥ

Translation

കരുണയാൽ ഞങ്ങളെ കാത്ത നിങ്ങൾ, ഇനി ധാർഷ്ട്യമുള്ള പ്രവൃത്തി ചെയ്യരുത്. കുറ്റമില്ലാത്ത നിങ്ങളുടെ ഭക്തരായ ഞങ്ങളെ ഇന്ന് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കരുത്.

Word by Word

• rakṣitvā: having protected
• rakṣitvā: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• kṛpayā: with compassion
• kṛpayā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Prohibition marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• kuruṣva: do
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sāhasam: rash act, violence
• sāhasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• parityajasi: you abandon
• parityajasi: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naḥ: of us / our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (enclitic)

• sarvān: all (of us)
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• bhaktān: devotees
• bhaktān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• nirāgasaḥ: sinless, blameless
• nirāgasaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āgas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (free from sin/offence)

Speaker

Mālyavat and companions (petitioners, speaking collectively)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees, anxious yet reverent, plead: ‘Do not do rashness; do not abandon us, your blameless bhaktas.’ Their faces show fear of separation and reliance on compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Mālyavat

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotees appeal to divine/royal guardianship: compassion should be consistent, and the innocent should not be forsaken.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; it is part of Setukhaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is ethical and devotional—seeking continued protection.