Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वयैव भगवन्नुपायः परिचिन्त्यताम् । यथा मे न विहन्येत स्वामित्वं मर्त्यदेहिनाम्

Transliteration

tasmāttvayaiva bhagavannupāyaḥ paricintyatām | yathā me na vihanyeta svāmitvaṃ martyadehinām

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ขอพระองค์ทรงดำริอุบายด้วยพระองค์เอง เพื่อมิให้อำนาจของข้าพเจ้าต่อเหล่ามนุษย์ผู้มีร่างกายต้องถูกลบล้าง

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अर्थे—‘तस्मात्’ = therefore/from that

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), अवधारणार्थक

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• उपायः: means/remedy
• उपायः: Karma (कर्म) (of passive/impersonal injunction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• परिचिन्त्यताम्: let (it) be thought out/considered
• परिचिन्त्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, तृतीयपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘let it be considered’

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Purpose/Relation (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/उपमान/प्रकारवाचक), ‘so that/as’

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

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

• विहन्येत: might be harmed/destroyed
• विहन्येत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/इच्छा), आत्मनेपद, तृतीयपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘might be destroyed/struck down’

• स्वामित्वम्: lordship/ownership
• स्वामित्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि-क्रियायाः कर्तृस्थाने विषयः

• मर्त्यदेहिनाम्: of mortal embodied beings
• मर्त्यदेहिनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य-देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक; मर्त्य + देहिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘mortals’ + ‘embodied beings’)

Speaker

Yama (to Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama, solemn and troubled, petitions the supreme Lord/Creator in a cosmic court-like space, seeking a stratagem to preserve his authority over mortals.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse dramatizes the tension between divine mercy through purification and the maintenance of karmic governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the focus is on cosmic administration rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it asks for an 'upāya' (counter-measure) regarding the effects of Rudra-japa.