Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

इति पृष्टस्तदावादीत्काश्यपस्तक्षकं द्विजाः । परीक्षितं महाराजं तक्षकोऽद्य विषाग्निना

Transliteration

iti pṛṣṭastadāvādītkāśyapastakṣakaṃ dvijāḥ | parīkṣitaṃ mahārājaṃ takṣako'dya viṣāgninā

Translation

เมื่อถูกถามดังนั้น กาศยปะจึงตอบทักษกะว่า “โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย วันนี้ทักษกะจักเผามหาราชปริกษิตด้วยเพลิงแห่งพิษ”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक निपात

• pṛṣṭaḥ: having been asked
• pṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prach (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle/भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पृष्टः’ = ‘पूछा गया’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय

• avādīt: said
• avādīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kāśyapaḥ: Kāśyapa
• kāśyapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• takṣakaṃ: to Takṣaka / Takṣaka (as object of speech)
• takṣakaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born ones
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; (पाठान्तर/सम्बोधन)

• parīkṣitaṃ: Parīkṣit
• parīkṣitaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parīkṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• mahā-rājaṃ: the great king
• mahā-rājaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)

• takṣakaḥ: Takṣaka
• takṣakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय

• viṣa-agninā: with poison-fire (venomous fire)
• viṣa-agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (viṣasya agniḥ)

Speaker

Kāśyapa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāśyapa, solemn, speaks a stark prediction; Takṣaka listens with controlled intensity; a faint visual metaphor of ‘poison-fire’—greenish flame—hovers in the negative space, foreshadowing Parīkṣit’s end.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Takṣaka
• Parīkṣit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even royal power is subject to time and karma; the Purāṇas use such episodes to teach humility and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Setu Māhātmya; the site is Setu/Rāmeśvara, with the story serving as an instructive exemplar.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.