Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

भरतस्तु द्वितीयेन यौवराज्याधिपोस्तु मे । मंथरावचनान्मूढा वरमेतमयाचत

Transliteration

bharatastu dvitīyena yauvarājyādhipostu me | maṃtharāvacanānmūḍhā varametamayācata

Translation

และด้วยพรข้อที่สอง ขอให้ภรตเป็นผู้ครองฐานะรัชทายาทแทนข้า นางหลงคำยุยงของมันถรา จึงทูลขอพรนี้

Word by Word

• bharataḥ: Bharata
• bharataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधानार्थक-निपातः

• dvitīyena: by the second (boon)
• dvitīyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘(वर)द्वितीयेन’ इति अवशिष्ट-संबन्धः

• yauvarājyādhipaḥ: lord of the heir-apparent-ship (heir-apparent)
• yauvarājyādhipaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvarājya (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधानार्थक-निपातः

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; मम (of me)

• maṃtharāvacanāt: from Mantharā’s words
• maṃtharāvacanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtharā (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• mūḍhā: deluded
• mūḍhā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तृविशेषणम्

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• etam: this
• etam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘वरम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• ayācata: asked
• ayācata: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaikeyī, influenced by Mantharā, demands Bharata’s elevation; the court’s auspicious preparations for coronation are shadowed by intrigue.

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Kaikeyī
• Mantharā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bad counsel distorts judgment; dharma declines when decisions are driven by attachment and manipulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the verse focuses on moral causality in royal dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.