Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

न्यवेदयत्स कृष्णाय राजसूयोद्यमं तदा । अन्वमन्यत कृष्णोपि तथैव क्रियतामिति

Transliteration

nyavedayatsa kṛṣṇāya rājasūyodyamaṃ tadā | anvamanyata kṛṣṇopi tathaiva kriyatāmiti

Translation

ครั้งนั้นเขาได้กราบทูลพระกฤษณะถึงความตั้งใจจะประกอบราชสูยะยัญญะ พระกฤษณะก็ทรงเห็นชอบ ตรัสว่า “เป็นเช่นนั้นเถิด—จงกระทำตามนั้นเอง”

Word by Word

• nyavedayat: informed, reported
• nyavedayat: Karma-pravartaka (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); उपसर्गः नि- (ni-)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛṣṇāya: to Krishna
• kṛṣṇāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case/Dative), एकवचन

• rājasūya-udyamam: the undertaking of the Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• rājasūya-udyamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājasūya (प्रातिपदिक) + udyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (rājasūyasya udyamaḥ)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• anvamanyata: approved, assented
• anvamanyata: Karma-pravartaka (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√man (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः अनु- (anu-)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Krishna
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Prakāra-adhikaraṇa (Manner adjunct/प्रकाराधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyārtha-sūcaka (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration of the Pāṇḍavas and Kṛṣṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal court scene: the proposer reports the intention of the Rājasūya; Kṛṣṇa, serene yet authoritative, grants assent with a concise gesture; ministers and elders witness the decision.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rājasūya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened when major undertakings are begun with wise counsel and righteous consent rather than mere ambition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Setukhaṇḍa framework (Setu/Rāmeśvaram), though this specific line focuses on royal dharma rather than directly praising a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The intention to perform the Rājasūya yajña is stated; details of prerequisites appear in subsequent verses.