Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

जनयिष्यसि पुत्रांस्त्वं राक्षसान्क्रूरकर्मणः । श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं सा तु कैकसी प्रणिपत्य तम्

Transliteration

janayiṣyasi putrāṃstvaṃ rākṣasānkrūrakarmaṇaḥ | śrutvā tadvacanaṃ sā tu kaikasī praṇipatya tam

Translation

“เจ้าจักให้กำเนิดบุตรทั้งหลาย—เหล่ารากษสผู้กระทำการอำมหิต” ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำนั้น ไกกสีก็กราบลงแทบเท้าท่าน

Word by Word

• janayiṣyasi: you will beget/give birth to
• janayiṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) [णिच् causative: janay]
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Future, 2nd person, Singular

• putrān: sons
• putrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative, Singular

• rākṣasān: rākṣasas (demons)
• rākṣasān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural; पुत्रान् इति विशेष्यस्य अप्पोजिशन (as apposition)

• krūra-karmaṇaḥ: of cruel deeds
• krūra-karmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krūra (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्रूरं कर्म येषाम्)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (अव्यय) — Gerund ‘having heard’

• tad-vacanam: that speech/statement
• tad-vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य वचनम्)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Pronoun, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — ‘then/indeed’

• kaikasī: Kaikasī
• kaikasī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaikasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• praṇipatya: having prostrated
• praṇipatya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-ni-pat (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (absolutive) — Gerund ‘having bowed down’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Viśravā (first hemistich); Narrator (second hemistich)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaikasī bows fully at Viśravā’s feet after hearing the prophecy; the sage remains composed. The contrast between ominous content and devotional gesture is central.

Characters & Entities

• Viśravā
• Kaikasī
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma warns that outcomes (including lineage and power) can manifest with destructive tendencies when conditions are misaligned with auspiciousness and virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu is the contextual sacred landscape; this line is focused on prophetic consequence rather than tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concludes a prophetic statement and shows Kaikasī’s act of reverential prostration.