Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अथवा तेन शक्रेण राज्यं मे नार्पितं कुतः । इति मत्वा वृथैव त्वं न स्तौषि भ्रातरं मम

Transliteration

athavā tena śakreṇa rājyaṃ me nārpitaṃ kutaḥ | iti matvā vṛthaiva tvaṃ na stauṣi bhrātaraṃ mama

Translation

Или потому, что Шакра (Индра) не даровал мне царства? Если ты так думаешь, то напрасно воздерживаешься от восхваления моего брата.

Word by Word

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha/Discourse (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• śakreṇa: by Śakra (Indra)
• śakreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: कर्म)

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

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• arpitam: given/offered
• arpitam: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘rājyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• kutaḥ: whence? how (could it be)?
• kutaḥ: Hetu/Question (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutas (अव्यय/प्रश्न)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vakyartha-marker (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक (quotative particle)

• matvā: having thought
• matvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

• vṛthā: in vain
• vṛthā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vṛthā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• stauṣi: you praise
• stauṣi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhrātaram: brother
• bhrātaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Deducted (contextual): A Pāṇḍava addressing Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense counsel scene: the speaker challenges the listener’s reluctance—‘Is it because Indra didn’t grant me the kingdom?’—showing wounded pride contrasted with the call to praise the brother.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Brother (Arjuna implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not let disappointment or perceived injustice distort gratitude; praise virtue without jealousy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; the verse is ethical counsel within a narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.