Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

दयालवः सुशीलाश्च सर्वभूतहिते रताः । काश्यपा ब्राह्मणा राजन्प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः

Transliteration

dayālavaḥ suśīlāśca sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ | kāśyapā brāhmaṇā rājanpravaratrayasaṃyutāḥ

Translation

Wahai Raja, para brāhmaṇa Kāśyapa berbelas kasihan dan berbudi pekerti, tekun demi kebajikan semua makhluk, serta dikurniai triad pravara.

Word by Word

• दयालवः: compassionate
• दयालवः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सुशीलाः: good-natured
• सुशीलाः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वभूतहिते: in the welfare of all beings
• सर्वभूतहिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां भूतानां हिते)

• रताः: engaged, devoted
• रताः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (कृदन्त; √रम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) विशेषण

• काश्यपाः: Kāśyapas
• काश्यपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; गोत्र/वंशनाम

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

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः: endowed with three pravaras
• प्रवरत्रयसंयुताः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (क्त); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रवरत्रयेण संयुताः = endowed with a triad of pravaras)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing a king within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Compassionate Kāśyapa brāhmaṇas sheltering beings—feeding pilgrims, tending cattle, offering water to birds—while a sage explains their tri-pravara heritage to a king.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion and working for the welfare of all beings is presented as a hallmark of dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The mention of pravara-traya points to Vedic ritual identity, but no particular rite is commanded.