Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

सा दृष्ट्वा राजतनयं सूर्यबिंवमिव च्युतम् । अनाथमेनं क्रंदंतं चिंतयामास भूरिशः

Transliteration

sā dṛṣṭvā rājatanayaṃ sūryabiṃvamiva cyutam | anāthamenaṃ kraṃdaṃtaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa bhūriśaḥ

Translation

သူမသည် မင်းသားကို နေမင်းဝိုင်းကဲ့သို့ ကျရောက်နေသည်ဟု မြင်လေ၏။ အနာထာကလေး၏ အားကိုးမဲ့ ငိုသံကို ကြားပြီးနောက် အလွန်ကြာမြင့်စွာ နက်နက်ရှိုင်းရှိုင်း စဉ်းစားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = 'having seen'

• राजतनयम्: the king's son
• राजतनयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = 'king's son'

• सूर्यबिम्बम्: the sun’s orb
• सूर्यबिम्बम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = 'disc of the sun'

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana-marker (उपमान-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानसूचक (comparative particle)

• च्युतम्: fallen
• च्युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √च्यु (धातु; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = 'fallen/dropped' (qualifying rājatanayam)

• अनाथम्: helpless, without protector
• अनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying enam)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enam = 'him')

• क्रन्दन्तम्: crying
• क्रन्दन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रन्द् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'crying' (qualifying enam)

• चिन्तयामास: reflected, thought
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूरिशः: greatly, much
• भूरिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = 'greatly/abundantly'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in the given snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā stands over the crying orphaned royal infant; the child is likened to a fallen sun-disc—suggested by a bright orb near him or a shaft of sunlight; Umā’s face shows deep contemplation before action.

Characters & Entities

• rāja-tanaya (prince)
• Umā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma begins as inner discernment—seeing suffering clearly and choosing protective action for one without refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is praised in this verse; the emphasis is on compassion and decision.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.