Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

शंकर उवाच । किं करिष्यथ भोऽमात्या महापातकिना मया

Transliteration

śaṃkara uvāca | kiṃ kariṣyatha bho'mātyā mahāpātakinā mayā

Translation

พระศังกระตรัสว่า “โอ้อำมาตย์ทั้งหลาย พวกท่านจะทำสิ่งใดกับเรา ผู้เป็นมหาบาปีเล่า”

Word by Word

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (the king)
• शंकरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Interrogative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचनम् (interrogative; here adverbial accusative)

• करिष्यथ: will you do
• करिष्यथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future); मध्यमपुरुष; बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (Address marker/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• अमात्याः: ministers
• अमात्याः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन बहुवचनम् (Vocative plural)

• महापातकिना: by/with (me), a great sinner
• महापातकिना: Sahakari/Karana (With/by; self-reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पातकिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Pāṇḍya king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ministers (amātyāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king Śaṅkara addresses ministers: ‘What will you do with me, a great sinner?’ His posture is lowered, eyes downcast; ministers stand stunned, still grieving.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Pāṇḍya king)
• ministers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acknowledging fault and humility are prerequisites for purification and dhārmic resolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu sacred region (Setukhaṇḍa), a major tīrtha-zone in the Skanda Purana’s pilgrimage map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse signals a concern with mahāpātaka and the need for expiation.