Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

भवद्भिस्तु पणः प्रोक्तो ह्यभिज्ञानस्य हेतवे । रामस्य शासनं कृत्वा वायुपुत्रस्य हेतवे

Transliteration

bhavadbhistu paṇaḥ prokto hyabhijñānasya hetave | rāmasya śāsanaṃ kṛtvā vāyuputrasya hetave

Translation

ท่านทั้งหลายเองได้กำหนด “เดิมพัน” นี้ไว้เพื่อเป็นเครื่องหมายแห่งการรู้จำ ดังนั้นเพื่อประโยชน์แก่บุตรแห่งวายุคือหนุมาน ข้าพเจ้าจึงปฏิบัติตามพระบัญชาของพระราม

Word by Word

• भवद्भिः: by you (all)
• भवद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (pronoun-stem)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे (but/indeed)

• पणः: a wager/pledge
• पणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: was declared/said
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘said/declared’

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अभिज्ञानस्य: of recognition/identification
• अभिज्ञानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• हेतवे: for the purpose/cause
• हेतवे: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• रामस्य: of Rama
• रामस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शासनम्: command/order
• शासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (कृदन्त, त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• वायुपुत्रस्य: of the son of Vayu (Hanuman)
• वायुपुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘वायोः पुत्रः’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• हेतवे: for the sake of
• हेतवे: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual speaker within Dharmāraṇya narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker justifies his act: the stake/token was prescribed by the others as recognition; he now fulfills Rāma’s command for Hanumān’s sake—gesture of oath-keeping and dutiful resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vāyuputra (Hanumān)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by honoring rightful commitments and fulfilling righteous commands, especially in service to divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Dharmāraṇya section; the immediate line emphasizes dharma and devotion rather than naming a distinct tīrtha in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on faithful execution of a divine injunction (śāsana).