Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अब्रवीन्मत्सुतः केन गृह्यते त्यज्यतामयम् । अनाथा शरणं यामि कं नरं गतचेतना

Transliteration

abravīnmatsutaḥ kena gṛhyate tyajyatāmayam | anāthā śaraṇaṃ yāmi kaṃ naraṃ gatacetanā

Translation

Dia meratap, “Siapakah yang merampas anakku? Lepaskan dia! Aku tidak berdaya, hilang kewarasan—kepada lelaki manakah harus aku berlindung?”

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मत्-सुतः: my son
• मत्-सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम सुतः)

• केन: by whom
• केन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• गृह्यते: is being seized
• गृह्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• त्यज्यताम्: let (him/it) be released/abandoned
• त्यज्यताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive): ‘let be abandoned’

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता-स्थानी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनाथा: helpless, without protector
• अनाथा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (as predicate)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘शरणं यामि’ इति क्रियाविशेष-प्रयोग

• यामि: I go/seek
• यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कम्: whom
• कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नरम्: man
• नरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गत-चेतना: having lost consciousness/sense
• गत-चेतना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; गम्-धातु) + चेतना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (‘गता चेतना यस्याः’/‘lost consciousness’)

Speaker

Urvaśī (quoted within the narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Urvaśī, distraught, arms raised, calling into the night as the abducted being is carried away; attendants frozen; the sky shows a faint trail of movement.

Characters & Entities

• Urvaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In distress, beings instinctively seek śaraṇa (refuge), highlighting the need for a true protector beyond unstable worldly supports.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within Setukhaṇḍa’s larger sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.