Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

संप्राप्य च पुरा वृत्तिं रामदत्तां द्विजोत्तमाः । ततो दक्षिणकक्षास्थकेशानां पुटिका त्वियम्

Transliteration

saṃprāpya ca purā vṛttiṃ rāmadattāṃ dvijottamāḥ | tato dakṣiṇakakṣāsthakeśānāṃ puṭikā tviyam

Translation

โอ พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย ครั้นเคยได้รับบำเหน็จเลี้ยงชีพที่พระรามประทานมาแต่ก่อนแล้ว ต่อจากนั้น (พึงรู้ว่า) ถุงนี้แลคือเส้นผมจากรักแร้ขวา

Word by Word

• संप्राप्य: having obtained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund: having obtained)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

• वृत्तिम्: maintenance/grant
• वृत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रामदत्ताम्: given by Rama
• रामदत्ताम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राम + दत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'रामेण दत्ता' इति (instrumental sense) विशेषणम्

• द्विजोत्तमाः: best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः'

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-निर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (thereupon/then)

• दक्षिणकक्षास्थकेशानाम्: of the hairs located in the right armpit
• दक्षिणकक्षास्थकेशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण + कक्षा + स्थ + केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; 'दक्षिण-कक्षायां स्थाः केशाः' इति बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः

• पुटिका: the pouch
• पुटिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Hanumān (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijo-ttamāḥ (best of brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable brāhmaṇa addresses other brāhmaṇas, holding up a small pouch and declaring it contains hairs from the right armpit; behind them, a faint vignette of Rāma granting livelihood in an earlier time.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāma
• dvijottamāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gifts made in righteousness (like Rāma’s grant) become enduring supports, and sacred tokens can serve as instruments of protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Dharmāraṇya’s sacred narrative arc, which points to the merit of Rāmatīrtha in the same chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identification of the ritual object: a puṭikā constituted from hairs of the right armpit, used per the preceding instructions.