Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

इति तां जातनिर्वेदां पतितां चरणद्वये । उत्थाप्य कृपया धीमान्बभाषे द्विजपुंगवः

Transliteration

iti tāṃ jātanirvedāṃ patitāṃ caraṇadvaye | utthāpya kṛpayā dhīmānbabhāṣe dvijapuṃgavaḥ

Translation

ଏପରି କହି ଅନୁତାପରେ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୋଇ ତାଙ୍କ ଦୁଇ ଚରଣରେ ପଡ଼ିଥିବା ତାକୁ ଦେଖି, ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ କୃପାକରି ତାକୁ ଉଠାଇ କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle) — वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘her’

• जातनिर्वेदाम्: having become disillusioned
• जातनिर्वेदाम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात + निर्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (जातः निर्वेदः यस्याः/जातनिर्वेदाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘having attained dispassion’

• पतिताम्: fallen
• पतिताम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past participle) ‘पतित’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘fallen’

• चरणद्वये: at (his) two feet
• चरणद्वये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चरणयोः द्वयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘at the pair of feet’

• उत्थाप्य: having lifted up
• उत्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund) — ‘having raised (her)’

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — ‘with compassion’

• धीमान्: the wise one
• धीमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘wise’

• बभाषे: spoke
• बभाषे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘spoke’

• द्विजपुङ्गवः: the foremost of Brahmins
• द्विजपुङ्गवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानां पुङ्गवः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — ‘bull among the twice-born (best Brahmin)’

Speaker

Narrator (textual voice within the Purāṇa), describing the brāhmaṇa-sage’s response

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A repentant woman (tāṃ…patitām) lies at the guru’s feet; the wise brāhmaṇa, moved by compassion, lifts her up and begins to speak—transition from despair to guidance.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijapuṃgava
• Kṛpā
• Nirveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Genuine remorse (nirveda) invites compassionate guidance; the wise uplift the fallen and lead them back to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse highlights the sanctifying power of humility at a teacher’s feet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it signals the transition to instruction (upadeśa) that typically includes prāyaścitta or devotional practice.