Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

विधूम उवाच । जानेऽहं भवतां स्नेहं तादृशं मय्य नुत्तमम्

Transliteration

vidhūma uvāca | jāne'haṃ bhavatāṃ snehaṃ tādṛśaṃ mayya nuttamam

Translation

Vidhūma berkata: “Aku mengetahui kasih sayang kalian—cinta yang tiada banding yang kalian tujukan kepadaku.”

Word by Word

• vidhūmaḥ: Vidhūma
• vidhūmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘said’

• jāne: I know
• jāne: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — ‘I know’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘I’

• bhavatām: of you
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of you (hon.)’

• sneham: affection
• sneham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘affection’

• tādṛśam: such
• tādṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘such (of that kind)’ (sneham qualifies)

• mayi: toward me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in me / toward me’

• anuttamam: unsurpassed; excellent
• anuttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘unsurpassed, excellent’ (sneham qualifies)

Speaker

Vidhūma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: retainers/companions addressed by Vidhūma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, quiet moment: Vidhūma addresses companions with softened gaze, acknowledging their unsurpassed affection.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhūma
• Attendants (bhṛtyāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values gratitude and recognition of sincere devotion; acknowledging others’ loyalty is itself a moral act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Setukhaṇḍa narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.