Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कृपां कुरु मयि ब्रह्मन्क्षत्रबंधौ हतौजसि । शोकं त्यज महाबुद्धे दास्याम्यर्थं तवेप्सितम्

Transliteration

kṛpāṃ kuru mayi brahmankṣatrabaṃdhau hataujasi | śokaṃ tyaja mahābuddhe dāsyāmyarthaṃ tavepsitam

Translation

ขอท่านพราหมณ์โปรดเมตตาข้าพเจ้าเถิด ข้าพเจ้าเป็นเพียงกษัตริย์โดยนาม ไร้เดชานุภาพ โอ้ผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง จงละความโศกเถิด เราจักมอบสิ่งที่ท่านปรารถนาให้

Word by Word

• कृपाम्: compassion
• कृपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do, show
• कुरु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मयि: towards me, in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• क्षत्रबन्धौ: O kṣatriya-wretch (kṣatriya only in name)
• क्षत्रबन्धौ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निन्दार्थे ‘क्षत्रिय-नामधारी’

• हतौजसि: O one whose vigor is destroyed
• हतौजसि: Sambodhana (Address qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (कृदन्त, क्त; हन् धातु) + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यज: abandon
• त्यज: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महाबुद्धे: O great-minded one
• महाबुद्धे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अर्थम्: wealth, means
• अर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: to you / your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त; आप्/ईप्स् धात्वर्थे ‘इच्छ्’ भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘अर्थम्’ विशेषयति

Speaker

Bhadrāyu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, humbled, speaks to the brāhmaṇa with folded hands, promising desired wealth/support; the brāhmaṇa’s grief begins to soften; attendants bring gifts or a chest of coins as symbolic readiness.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrāyu
• brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity and compassionate speech are dharmic tools to relieve suffering and restore steadiness of mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general dāna-offer is implied—granting what is sought—without specifying a formal rite.