Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

रामाधर्मः कृतः कष्टस्त्वया संकर्षण प्रभो । अस्य सूतस्य चास्माभिर्दत्तं ब्रह्मासनं महत्

Transliteration

rāmādharmaḥ kṛtaḥ kaṣṭastvayā saṃkarṣaṇa prabho | asya sūtasya cāsmābhirdattaṃ brahmāsanaṃ mahat

Translation

พวกท่านกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นสังกรษณะ การอธรรมอันน่าเศร้านี้ได้เกิดขึ้นโดยพระองค์ สำหรับสุตะผู้นี้ พวกข้าพเจ้าได้ถวายมหาพรหมาสนะ คือเกียรติอันยิ่งแล้ว”

Word by Word

• राम-अधर्मः: an unrighteous act (by Rāma)
• राम-अधर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘रामस्य अधर्मः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Rāma-like unrighteousness / unrighteous act by Rāma)

• कृतः: has been done
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘कृतः (अस्ति)’

• कष्टः: terrible
• कष्टः: Predicate adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (hard/terrible)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृ-निर्देश (by you)

• संकर्षण: O Saṅkarṣaṇa
• संकर्षण: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक; बलराम-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘of this’

• सूतस्य: of the charioteer/sūta
• सूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-बहुवचन-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्तृ-निर्देश (by us)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र विधेय (given)

• ब्रह्म-आसनम्: the Brahmā-seat / seat of Brahman
• ब्रह्म-आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ब्रह्मणः आसनम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘great’

Speaker

Munis (brahmavādins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages confront Saṅkarṣaṇa: one elder points toward the fallen sūta, declaring that a grievous adharma has occurred because the community had granted him the exalted brahmāsana.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)
• sūta
• brahmāsana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Status and sanctity conferred by the wise create moral boundaries; violating them is treated as a grave dharmic transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region frames the episode, but this verse emphasizes dharmic authority and the sacredness of honor granted by sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse establishes the seriousness of the act by noting the brahmāsana honor granted earlier.