Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

दशाम्युज्जीवयैनं त्वं समर्थोऽस्ति ततो भवान् । इतीरयित्वा तं वृक्षमदशत्तक्षकस्तदा

Transliteration

daśāmyujjīvayainaṃ tvaṃ samartho'sti tato bhavān | itīrayitvā taṃ vṛkṣamadaśattakṣakastadā

Translation

“ข้าจะกัดมัน—หากท่านสามารถก็จงชุบชีวิตมันขึ้นมา; แล้วความสามารถของท่านจักประจักษ์” กล่าวดังนี้แล้ว ตักษกะก็กัดต้นไม้นั้นในทันใด

Word by Word

• दशामि: I bite
• दशामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दंश्/दश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• उज्जीवय: revive (him/it)!
• उज्जीवय: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+जीव् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समर्थः: capable
• समर्थः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Hetu (Reason marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (therefore/from that)

• भवान्: you (sir)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific pronoun)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यन्त-निपात (quotative particle)

• ईरयित्वा: having said
• ईरयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईरय् (धातु, causative of √ईर/इर् ‘to utter/impel’) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having said/uttered)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम्

• वृक्षम्: tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अदशत्: bit
• अदशत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दंश्/दश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तक्षकः: Takṣaka (the serpent)
• तक्षकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (with quoted speech of Takṣaka)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka declares he will bite the banyan; the moment of strike: hood expanded, fangs bared, a visible aura of fiery poison; Kāśyapa poised with mantra-ready composure.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Kāśyapa
• Vaṭa (banyan tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-teachings often use tests to reveal truth; real capability is shown by restoring life and order, not by causing harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvara remains the larger Māhātmya setting; this is a narrative illustration within that sacred frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No; the verse depicts an event (a test) rather than a ritual instruction.