Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्ननिश्चयं कृत्वा कथं सिद्धिर्भवेदिह । मम जन्मकृतात्पुण्यादभिज्ञानं ददौ हरिः

Transliteration

tasminnaniścayaṃ kṛtvā kathaṃ siddhirbhavediha | mama janmakṛtātpuṇyādabhijñānaṃ dadau hariḥ

Translation

เมื่อทำใจไม่แน่ชัดในเรื่องนั้นแล้ว ความสำเร็จทางธรรม (สิทธิ) จะเกิดขึ้นที่นี่ได้อย่างไร ด้วยบุญที่สั่งสมมาตั้งแต่กำเนิด พระหริได้ประทานความรู้จำแนกอันแท้จริงแก่ข้าพเจ้า

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (matter)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनिश्चयम्: uncertainty
• अनिश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• सिद्धिः: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: could be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जन्म-कृतात्: from (merit) done since birth
• जन्म-कृतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (जन्मना कृतम्) विशेषणम् (पुण्यात्)

• पुण्यात्: from merit
• पुण्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• अभिज्ञानम्: recognition/knowledge
• अभिज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual speaker within Dharmāraṇya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker (penitent or seeker) stands in a forest clearing, one hand on the heart, the other holding a japamālā; above, a faint Vishnu-like radiance indicates Hari granting ‘abhijñāna’ as a beam of light touching the forehead.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Indecision and doubt obstruct spiritual success; puṇya and divine grace yield clarity and right recognition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it continues Dharmāraṇya’s broader devotional-ethical teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse stresses niścaya (firm resolve) supported by puṇya and Hari’s grace.