Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सुपण्यं पण्यवतं च चारुपण्यं तथैव च । मध्यमा सुषुते पुत्रौ सुकोश बहुकोशकौ

Transliteration

supaṇyaṃ paṇyavataṃ ca cārupaṇyaṃ tathaiva ca | madhyamā suṣute putrau sukośa bahukośakau

Translation

Supāṇya, Paṇyavat dan juga Cārupāṇya—demikianlah nama mereka. Isteri pertengahan melahirkan dua putera: Sukōśa dan Bahukōśa.

Word by Word

• supaṇyam: Supāṇya (proper name; ‘good merchandise’)
• supaṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + paṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); गुणवाचक-पूर्वपदकर्मधारयः (सु-पण्यः)

• paṇyavatam: Paṇyavat (proper name; ‘possessing goods’)
• paṇyavatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + -vat (मतुप्/वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); वत्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

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

• cārupaṇyam: Cārupāṇya (proper name; ‘fine merchandise’)
• cārupaṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + paṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः (cāruṃ paṇyaṃ yasya/‘fine goods’)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

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

• madhyamā: the middle (wife)
• madhyamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• suṣute: gives birth (to)
• suṣute: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम्

• putrau: two sons
• putrau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (dual)

• sukośaḥ: Sukośa (proper name; ‘good treasury’)
• sukośaḥ: Apposition to putrau (नाम/सम्बोधन-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः (सु-कोशः)

• bahukośakau: Bahukośaka (proper name; ‘having many stores/treasuries’)
• bahukośakau: Apposition to putrau (नाम/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + kośaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (dual); कर्मधारयः (बहु-कोशकः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A genealogical tableau: the middle wife presenting two sons; name-banners or symbolic items—merchant scales, coin-chest—hinting at ‘pāṇya’ and ‘kośa’.

Characters & Entities

• Supāṇya
• Paṇyavat
• Cārupāṇya
• Sukōśa
• Bahukōśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya embeds sacred-place teaching within human stories, showing how lives and lineages unfold under dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha in Setukhaṇḍa is the overarching focus, though this verse lists family names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is genealogical narration.