Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणं शीलसंपन्नं पितृत्वे परिकल्प्य तौ । परित्यज्य स्वकं रूपमजायेतां तदा त्मजौ

Transliteration

brāhmaṇaṃ śīlasaṃpannaṃ pitṛtve parikalpya tau | parityajya svakaṃ rūpamajāyetāṃ tadā tmajau

Translation

Избрав в отцы благонравного брахмана, оба оставили свой прежний облик и тогда родились его сыновьями.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; object of gerund ‘परिकल्प्य’

• शील-संपन्नम्: endowed with good conduct
• शील-संपन्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शील (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (कृदन्त; √पद्/√पन्न ‘सम्+पद्’ क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘ब्राह्मणम्’

• पितृत्वे: in fatherhood (as father)
• पितृत्वे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृत्व (प्रातिपदिक; भाव/तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the role/state of fatherhood’

• परिकल्प्य: having appointed
• परिकल्प्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि+√कॢप् (धातु) ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-क्रियाविशेषण; gerund)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष); ‘having appointed/arranged’

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; subject of ‘अजायेताम्’

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि+√त्यज् (धातु) ल्यप् (gerund)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; ‘having abandoned’

• स्वकम्: their own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of ‘रूपम्’

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of ‘परित्यज्य’

• अजायेताम्: were born
• अजायेताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) आत्मनेपद; लङ्/लिट्? (context: past narrative)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect) आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; ‘were born’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• आत्मजौ: two sons
• आत्मजौ: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त; √जन् ‘born’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; apposition to ‘तौ’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two luminous beings relinquish a celestial/previous form and enter a brāhmaṇa household as destined sons; the father is portrayed as serene, Veda-bearing, and radiant with śīla.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa (virtuous father figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with virtue and dharmic lineage is portrayed as a means of moral reorientation and karmic repair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the emphasis is on ethical transformation via rebirth and guidance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.