Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

वंचयित्वात्मपितरौ धूर्त्तराजानुशासनात् । कृत्वा चानुचितं कर्म तस्यैतद्भुज्यते फलम्

Transliteration

vaṃcayitvātmapitarau dhūrttarājānuśāsanāt | kṛtvā cānucitaṃ karma tasyaitadbhujyate phalam

Translation

धूर्त राजाच्या आज्ञेने स्वतःच्या आई-वडिलांना फसवून, आणि अनुचित कर्म करून—त्याचेच हे फळ आता भोगले जात आहे.

Word by Word

• vaṃcayitvā: having deceived
• vaṃcayitvā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vaṃc (धातु) + itvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ātma-pitarau: one's own parents (father and mother)
• ātma-pitarau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + pitar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of oneself'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• dhūrtta-rāja-anuśāsanāt: from/under the command of the wicked king
• dhūrtta-rāja-anuśāsanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūrtta (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + anuśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; 'instruction/command of the rogue-king'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

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

• anucitam: improper
• anucitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• karma: deed, action
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tasya: of that (deed/act)
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhujyate: is experienced/suffered
• bhujyate: Kriyā (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is experienced/enjoyed')

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma/Pratipādya (Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sumedhā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful figure recounts misdeeds—deceiving parents and obeying a wicked king—while another admonishes; imagery can include shadowy palace authority contrasted with humble parental home.

Characters & Entities

• Sumedhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unrighteous actions—especially betrayal of parents and compliance with evil authority—ripen into inevitable karma-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of moral causation.