Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

प्रसादयामास वसुर्ब्रह्माणं प्रणिपत्य तु । विधूम उवाच । अस्य शापस्य घोरस्य भगवन्भक्तवत्सल

Transliteration

prasādayāmāsa vasurbrahmāṇaṃ praṇipatya tu | vidhūma uvāca | asya śāpasya ghorasya bhagavanbhaktavatsala

Translation

Vasu menunduk bersujud untuk memohon perkenan Brahmā. Vidhūma berkata: “Wahai Bhagavān, yang mengasihi para bhakta—tentang sumpah ngeri ini…”

Word by Word

• prasādayāmāsa: propitiated/pleased
• prasādayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sad (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) = ‘to cause to be pleased’

• vasuḥ: Vasu
• vasuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• brahmāṇam: Brahmā
• brahmāṇam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (ब्रह्मा-शब्द)

• praṇipatya: having bowed down
• praṇipatya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-ni-pat (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• tu: indeed/and then
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-निपात (particle)

• vidhūmaḥ: Vidhūma
• vidhūmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śāpasya: of the curse
• śāpasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ghorasya: terrible
• ghorasya: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण (śāpasya)

• bhagavan: O Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• bhaktavatsala: O lover of devotees
• bhaktavatsala: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + vatsala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (भक्तेषु वत्सलः)

Speaker

Narrator (first sentence); Vidhūma (direct speech begins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) audience of Setu-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidhūma (a Vasu) prostrates before Brahmā, hands folded; the atmosphere shifts from wrath to potential mercy; the speech begins, invoking ‘bhaktavatsala’.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhūma
• Vasu
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repentance and humble surrender (praṇipāta) are presented as the proper response to karmic retribution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is praṇipāta (bowing) and prārthanā (supplication), not a formal rite.