Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

हृदयं दययाक्रांतं श्रियाक्रांतं च तद्वपुः । चरणौ यस्य सामंतचूडामणिमरीचिभिः

Transliteration

hṛdayaṃ dayayākrāṃtaṃ śriyākrāṃtaṃ ca tadvapuḥ | caraṇau yasya sāmaṃtacūḍāmaṇimarīcibhiḥ

Translation

हृदयं करुणयाक्रान्तं, वपुः श्रीसमन्वितम्। सामन्तचूडामणिमरीचयः पादयोस्तस्य पतन्ति स्म प्रकाशकाः॥

Word by Word

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (heart)

• दयया: by compassion
• दयया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (by/with compassion)

• आक्रान्तम्: overcome/filled
• आक्रान्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (overcome/filled)

• श्रिया: by splendour
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (by prosperity/beauty)

• आक्रान्तम्: overcome/filled
• आक्रान्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (overcome/filled)

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (that)

• वपुः: body
• वपुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; (body/form)

• चरणौ: (his) two feet
• चरणौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), द्विवचन; (two feet)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक-सामान्य; (whose/of whom)

• सामन्तचूडामणिमरीचिभिः: by the rays of the diadem-gems of vassal-kings
• सामन्तचूडामणिमरीचिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + चूडामणि (प्रातिपदिक) + मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारण-तत्पुरुष): सामन्तानां चूडामणीनां मरीचयः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (मरीचि), तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; (by the rays)

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in the excerpt; likely the Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate, radiant king seated or standing in court; subordinate kings bow, their jeweled crowns casting rays that fall upon and illuminate the king’s feet; attendants with flywhisks, parasol, and banners.

Characters & Entities

• mahīpati (king)
• sāmanta (feudatory kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True kingship is praised as a union of compassion (dayā) and righteous prosperity (śrī), where power is tempered by mercy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a royal-virtue description within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated here; the verse is descriptive, not injunctional.