Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

सूर्यवर्चाः स चायं हि निहतो भैमिपुत्रकः । प्राक्छापं ब्रह्मणः स्मृत्वा हतोनेन महात्मना । तस्माद्दोषो न कृष्णेऽस्मिन्द्रष्टव्यः सर्वभू मिपैः

Transliteration

sūryavarcāḥ sa cāyaṃ hi nihato bhaimiputrakaḥ | prākchāpaṃ brahmaṇaḥ smṛtvā hatonena mahātmanā | tasmāddoṣo na kṛṣṇe'smindraṣṭavyaḥ sarvabhū mipaiḥ

Translation

ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟତେଜସ୍ବୀ ସେ ଭୀମପୁତ୍ର ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ନିହତ ହୋଇଛି। ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ପୂର୍ବ ଶାପକୁ ସ୍ମରି ଏହି ମହାତ୍ମା କୃଷ୍ଣ ତାହାକୁ ପତିତ କରିଛନ୍ତି। ତେଣୁ ପୃଥିବୀର ସମସ୍ତ ରାଜା ଏହି କୃଷ୍ଣରେ ଦୋଷ ନ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ।

Word by Word

• sūrya-varcāḥ: sun-splendoured
• sūrya-varcāḥ: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + varcas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सूर्यस्य वर्चः (having the splendour of the sun)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction

• ayam: this one
• ayam: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/हेतु) = particle “indeed/for”

• nihataḥ: slain
• nihataḥ: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-hata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √han/हन् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Past passive participle, Masculine Nominative Singular

• bhaimi-putrakaḥ: the son of Bhīmī
• bhaimi-putrakaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaimī (प्रातिपदिक) + putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भैम्याः पुत्रकः (son of Bhīmī)

• prāk-śāpam: the earlier curse
• prāk-śāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāk (अव्यय) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Accusative Singular; अव्ययीभाव: प्राक् (पूर्वम्) + शापम् = “former curse”

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Neuter Genitive Singular; (of Brahmā / of Brahman—context: Brahmā)

• smṛtvā: having remembered
• smṛtvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (त्वा-प्रत्यय) = absolutive/gerund; “having remembered”

• hataḥ: was slain
• hataḥ: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √han/हन् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Past passive participle, Masculine Nominative Singular

• anena: by this one (by him)
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Instrumental Singular

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled one
• mahātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Instrumental Singular; कर्मधारय: महान् आत्मा यस्य/महान् आत्मा (great-souled)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभूत-तृतीया/पञ्चमी-प्रयोगः; हेतौ = indeclinable sense “therefore/from that reason”

• doṣaḥ: fault
• doṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) = negation particle

• kṛṣṇe: in/with regard to Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Locative Singular

• asmin: in this (person)
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Locative Singular

• draṣṭavyaḥ: to be seen/attributed
• draṣṭavyaḥ: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draṣṭavya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √dṛś/दृश् + तव्य)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (कर्तव्य/भाव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Gerundive “to be seen/considered”

• sarva-bhūmipaiḥ: by all kings
• sarva-bhūmipaiḥ: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūmipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन = Masculine Instrumental Plural; तत्पुरुष: सर्वे भूपाः (all kings)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing/including kings as audience within the story)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn courtly scene: the slain radiant warrior (Bhīma’s son) lies fallen; Kṛṣṇa stands composed, while sages or kings are instructed not to impute fault, with a faint symbolic scroll/inscription of Brahmā’s curse hovering as ‘memory’.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Brahmā
• Bhaimiputraka (Bhīma’s son)
• Bhūmipa (kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames events through dharma and destiny: actions tied to a prior curse are presented as divinely ordained, not moral fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on dharmic interpretation of a death within a divine narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal clarification aimed at rulers (kings).