Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

पित्रोरभरणं कृत्वा ह्यदत्त्वा गुरुदक्षिणाम् । कृतघ्नतां च संप्राप्य मरणांता हि निष्कृतिः

Transliteration

pitrorabharaṇaṃ kṛtvā hyadattvā gurudakṣiṇām | kṛtaghnatāṃ ca saṃprāpya maraṇāṃtā hi niṣkṛtiḥ

Translation

Dengan membebankan ibu bapa untuk menanggung diriku, dan tidak menunaikan guru-dakṣiṇā, lalu terjerumus ke dalam kekufuran budi—penebusannya, sesungguhnya, hanya berakhir pada kematian.

Word by Word

• पित्रोः: of (one’s) two parents
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अभरणम्: supporting, maintaining
• अभरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (prior action)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अदत्त्वा: without giving
• अदत्त्वा: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक-क्त्वा (Gerund with negation), ‘न दत्त्वा’ = without giving

• गुरुदक्षिणाम्: teacher’s fee, guru’s honorarium
• गुरुदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतघ्नताम्: ingratitude
• कृतघ्नताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• संप्राप्य: having attained
• संप्राप्य: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘सम्-प्राप्य’ = having attained

• मरणान्ता: ending in death; up to death
• मरणान्ता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (adjective) निष्कृतिः-शब्दस्य

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• निष्कृतिः: expiation, atonement
• निष्कृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Vatsanābha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful ascetic recalls his parents’ support and his teacher’s unpaid due; visual contrast between nurturing household/ācārya-āśrama and the ascetic’s present austerity, emphasizing debt and repentance.

Characters & Entities

• parents (pitarau)
• guru
• gurudakṣiṇā
• kṛtaghnatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglecting parents and failing to honor one’s teacher are treated as forms of ingratitude with grave karmic weight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; this is an ethical instruction embedded within Setu Māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gurudakṣiṇā (offering to one’s teacher) is referenced as a dharmic obligation; the verse stresses expiation rather than a detailed rite.