Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

त्यजेमां निर्जने शैले शाखां तं विनतोद्भव । इत्युक्तः स तथा गत्वा शाखां निष्पुरुषे नगे

Transliteration

tyajemāṃ nirjane śaile śākhāṃ taṃ vinatodbhava | ityuktaḥ sa tathā gatvā śākhāṃ niṣpuruṣe nage

Translation

“โอ้ผู้กำเนิดจากวินตา จงทิ้งกิ่งนี้ลงบนภูเขาอันเปล่าเปลี่ยว” ครั้นได้รับบัญชา เขาก็ไปตามนั้น และวางกิ่งไว้บนภูผาที่ไร้ผู้คน

Word by Word

• त्यज: abandon/leave
• त्यज: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निर्जने: in a lonely
• निर्जने: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (शैले)

• शैले: on the mountain
• शैले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• शाखाम्: branch
• शाखाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; इमाम् इति विशेष्य

• तम्: you
• तम्: Sambodhana (Addressed person/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संबोधन-प्रायः (you)

• विनतोद्भव: O offspring of Vinatā
• विनतोद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विनतायाः उद्भवः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

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

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having been told’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: so/accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय; ‘having gone’

• शाखाम्: the branch
• शाखाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निष्पुरुषे: in a manless/deserted
• निष्पुरुषे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (निष्पुरुषः = यस्मिन् पुरुषो नास्ति); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (नगे)

• नगे: mountain
• नगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Kaśyapa (deduced: father instructing Garuḍa in prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nirjana-śaila (unnamed) within Setu narrative

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaśyapa’s directive is visualized as a calm command; Garuḍa, mid-flight, turns toward a barren, uninhabited mountain and gently sets the heavy branch down.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Garuḍa
• Vinatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes careful relocation of danger away from inhabited places—ahimsā expressed as practical responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya frame continues, but this verse highlights ethical conduct rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction for preventing harm.