Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

इदं राज्यमियं राज्ञी ममेदं च कलेवरम् । त्वधीनमिदं सर्वं किं तेऽभिलषितं वद

Transliteration

idaṃ rājyamiyaṃ rājñī mamedaṃ ca kalevaram | tvadhīnamidaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ te'bhilaṣitaṃ vada

Translation

ਇਹ ਰਾਜ, ਇਹ ਰਾਣੀ, ਅਤੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਇਹ ਸਰੀਰ ਵੀ—ਇੱਥੇ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਤੇਰੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਹੈ। ਦੱਸ, ਤੈਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਅਭਿਲਾਸ਼ਾ ਹੈ?

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• iyam: this (she/this one)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• rājñī: queen
• rājñī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājñī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mama: my/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• kalevaram: body
• kalevaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tvad-adhīnam: dependent on you/under your control
• tvad-adhīnam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + adhīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'under you'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd; interrogative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• te: your/of you
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); सर्वनाम

• abhilaṣitam: desired/wished-for
• abhilaṣitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-√laṣ (धातु) + -ta (क्त, past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण/भाववाचक: 'desired'

• vada: say/tell
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhadrāyu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king in a sabhā (royal court) gestures open-palmed in a vow of giving; the brāhmaṇa petitioner stands before him; the queen is present in the background, attendants and parasols framing the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrāyu
• queen (rājñī)
• brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generosity can become a test of discernment: dharma requires both giving and knowing what must never be given.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it frames dāna as a vow-like offer, setting up a dharmic boundary discussion.