Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

येनाहं शक्नुयां तात सुधामाहर्तुमोजसा । इतीरितः सुतं प्राह कश्यपो विनतोद्भवम्

Transliteration

yenāhaṃ śaknuyāṃ tāta sudhāmāhartumojasā | itīritaḥ sutaṃ prāha kaśyapo vinatodbhavam

Translation

เมื่อถูกกล่าวเช่นนั้น กัศยปะจึงกล่าวแก่บุตรแห่งวินตา: “ลูกเอ๋ย ด้วยวิธีใดเราจึงจะสามารถนำสุธา (อมฤต) มาได้ ด้วยกำลังและความมุ่งมั่น?”

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/करणे (by which/with which)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• शक्नुयाम्: may be able
• शक्नुयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तात: O dear (father/son)
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• सुधाम्: nectar (amṛta)
• सुधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आहर्तुम्: to bring
• आहर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु) (तुमुन्-कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Infinitive), क्रियार्थे (to bring)

• ओजसा: by strength
• ओजसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ईरितः: having been spoken/said
• ईरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईरित (ईर्/ईरय् धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुतम्: (his) son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्/अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विनतोद्भवम्: the son of Vinatā
• विनतोद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विनतायाः उद्भवः = born of Vinatā)

Speaker

Kaśyapa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vinatā’s son (Garuda)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaśyapa, seated as a venerable ṛṣi, addresses Vinatā’s son (Garuda) with a grave, purposeful request about obtaining sudhā (nectar).

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Vinatā
• Vainateya (Garuḍa)
• Sudhā (Amṛta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even extraordinary aims (like obtaining nectar) are approached through counsel, right means, and dhārmic guidance from elders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger context is Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred region), though this verse itself is narrative setup rather than direct tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a strategy-oriented dialogue about obtaining sudhā.