Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

सर्वं कथय मे तात मत्प्राणपरिरक्षक । एतासां मम पत्नीनां त्वदधीनं हि जीवितम्

Transliteration

sarvaṃ kathaya me tāta matprāṇaparirakṣaka | etāsāṃ mama patnīnāṃ tvadadhīnaṃ hi jīvitam

Translation

โอ้ลูกเอ๋ย ผู้พิทักษ์ลมหายใจของข้า จงบอกทุกสิ่งแก่ข้าเถิด แท้จริงชีวิตของภรรยาทั้งหลายของข้าย่อมขึ้นอยู่กับท่าน

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कथय: tell
• कथय: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी, एकवचन (दत्तिसम्बन्ध: ‘to me/for me’)

• तात: dear one; father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• मत्प्राणपरिरक्षक: protector of my life
• मत्प्राणपरिरक्षक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + परिरक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘मम प्राणानां परिरक्षकः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• एतासाम्: of these
• एतासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (पत्नीनाम् विशेषयति)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पत्नीनाम्: of (my) wives
• पत्नीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• त्वदधीनम्: dependent on you
• त्वदधीनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अधीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘त्वत्तः अधीनम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (जीवितम् विशेषयति)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/हेतु-निपात)

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests the king/father addressing Bhadrāyu)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame) Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried yet trusting elder addresses the protector intimately, gesturing toward his wives behind him, indicating their lives depend on the protector’s decision and care.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrāyu (implied)
• patnī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes accountability: one who protects becomes a refuge, and guidance is sought with trust and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for counsel and assurance of protection.