Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

राज्यभारं विनिक्षिप्य स शापविनिवृत्तये । वसंतकरुमण्वद्भ्यां मृगावत्या च भार्यया

Transliteration

rājyabhāraṃ vinikṣipya sa śāpavinivṛttaye | vasaṃtakarumaṇvadbhyāṃ mṛgāvatyā ca bhāryayā

Translation

ครั้นวางภาระแห่งราชสมบัติลงแล้ว ด้วยความปรารถนาจะพ้นจากคำสาป เขาจึงออกเดินทางพร้อมวสันตกะรุมณวะ และมฤคาวตีผู้เป็นชายา

Word by Word

• rājya-bhāram: the burden of the kingdom
• rājya-bhāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य भारः)

• vinikṣipya: having set down
• vinikṣipya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√kṣip (धातु) उपसर्गः vi+ni
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having laid down/put aside’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śāpa-vinivṛttaye: for the removal of the curse
• śāpa-vinivṛttaye: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vinivṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शापस्य विनिवृत्तिः)

• vasaṃta-karumaṇvadbhyām: with Vasaṃta and Karumaṇva
• vasaṃta-karumaṇvadbhyām: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasaṃta (प्रातिपदिक) + karumaṇva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), द्विवचन; समासः द्वन्द्वः (वसंतश्च करुमण्वश्च)

• mṛgāvatyā: with Mṛgāvatī
• mṛgāvatyā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛgāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhāryayā: with (his) wife
• bhāryayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narration style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king removes crown and royal insignia, entrusting governance, then departs with two companions and his queen—pilgrim attire replacing regal splendor; the road opens toward the southern sea.

Characters & Entities

• Vasantakarumaṇva
• Mṛgāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even royal power is secondary to dharma; one should seek purification and release from wrongdoing through sacred pilgrimage and right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha is the main tīrtha in this episode (introduced in the following verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The motivation is śāpa-vinivṛtti (ending a curse) through tīrtha-sevā; the explicit rite—snāna at Cakratīrtha—appears shortly after.