Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

धर्म पुत्र महाभाग रिपूणामपि वत्सल । राज्याभिषेकं मा कार्षीर्नार्हस्त्वं राज्यपालने

Transliteration

dharma putra mahābhāga ripūṇāmapi vatsala | rājyābhiṣekaṃ mā kārṣīrnārhastvaṃ rājyapālane

Translation

“โอ้บุตรแห่งธรรมผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ผู้เมตตาแม้ต่อศัตรู อย่าได้เข้ารับพิธีราชยาภิเษกเลย ท่านยังไม่สมควรแบกรับภาระแห่งการพิทักษ์แผ่นดิน”

Word by Word

• धर्म: O Dharmarāja
• धर्म: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; (सम्बोधनपदम्)

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• रिपूणाम्: of enemies
• रिपूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• वत्सल: O affectionate one
• वत्सल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• राज्याभिषेकम्: royal consecration
• राज्याभिषेकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'राज्यस्य अभिषेकः'

• मा: do not
• मा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• कार्षीः: you should do
• कार्षीः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/prohibitive with मा), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; 'मा कार्षीः'

• न: not
• न: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• अर्हः: fit/qualified
• अर्हः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्यपालने: in ruling the kingdom
• राज्यपालने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य + पालन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; 'राज्यस्य पालने'

Speaker

Aśarīrā Vāṇī (heavenly bodiless voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disembodied voice admonishes Yudhiṣṭhira: do not proceed with consecration; though tender even to enemies, he is not yet fit to protect the kingdom—Yudhiṣṭhira pauses, humbled, as sages and attendants look on.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharma-putra)
• Enemies (ripu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion must be balanced with the strength and discernment required for protection; dharma tests a ruler’s readiness, not merely his right.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in the verse; it sits within Setukhaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative orbit of Setu/Rāmeśvaram.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rājyābhiṣeka is referenced, with a directive to refrain—showing that ritual legitimacy is subordinate to moral qualification.