Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तां तादृशीमपि सुतां कृपया पर्यपोषयत् । अभोज्येन कदन्नेन शुना लीढेन पूतिना

Transliteration

tāṃ tādṛśīmapi sutāṃ kṛpayā paryapoṣayat | abhojyena kadannena śunā līḍhena pūtinā

Translation

แม้บุตรีจะอยู่ในสภาพน่าเวทนาเพียงนั้น เขาก็ยังเลี้ยงดูด้วยความกรุณา ให้อาหารอันไม่ควรกิน เป็นอาหารเลวทรามปนเปื้อน สกปรกเหม็นเน่า ถูกสุนัขเลียแล้ว

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तादृशीम्: such (of that kind)
• तादृशीम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (ताम् इति)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); ‘even/also’ अर्थे

• सुताम्: daughter
• सुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• पर्यपोषयत्: nourished/raised
• पर्यपोषयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+पुष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अभोज्येन: uneatable
• अभोज्येन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+भोज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भुज्/भुज् ‘to eat’ से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कदन्नेन इति)

• कदन्नेन: bad food
• कदन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुना: by a dog
• शुना: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (श्वन्-शब्द)

• लीढेन: licked
• लीढेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिह् (धातु) → लीढ (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; विशेषण (कदन्नेन)

• पूतिना: foul-smelling/putrid
• पूतिना: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (कदन्नेन)

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet; likely the Purāṇic narrator in Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: कुटीर/दरिद्र-गृहान्तः पिता कृपया दुर्दशां पुत्रीं पोषयति; पात्रे मलिनं कदन्नं, समीपे श्वा-चिह्नितं; कन्या कृशा, नेत्रहीना, करुण-भावः।

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion can persist even in extreme deprivation, and the Purāṇas highlight how suffering tests and reveals dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the verse describes hardship and impure sustenance rather than a rite.