Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

स सर्वगुणसंपन्नः शतानीको महामतिः । पुत्रमात्मसमं तस्यां भार्यायां नान्वविंदत

Transliteration

sa sarvaguṇasaṃpannaḥ śatānīko mahāmatiḥ | putramātmasamaṃ tasyāṃ bhāryāyāṃ nānvaviṃdata

Translation

พระศตานีกะผู้ทรงมหาปัญญา เปี่ยมด้วยคุณธรรมทั้งปวง มิได้ทรงได้โอรสจากพระมเหสีองค์นั้นผู้เสมอด้วยพระองค์

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• sarva-guṇa-saṃpannaḥ: endowed with all virtues
• sarva-guṇa-saṃpannaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त; √pad/√pād? here √pad (धाातु) with sam- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• śatānīkaḥ: Śatānīka
• śatānīkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatānīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• mahāmatiḥ: great-minded one
• mahāmatiḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāmati (प्रातिपदिक; mahā + mati)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ātma-samam: equal to himself
• ātma-samam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘putram’ इति विशेषणम्

• tasyām: in her
• tasyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhāryāyām: in (his) wife
• bhāryāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Negation (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• anu: after, along (as preverb)
• anu: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb)

• avindat: found, obtained
• avindat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धाातु; √vid ‘to find/obtain’)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः anu-

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king in a quiet inner chamber, contemplative, with the queen beside him; lamps dim; a cradle empty; mood of dignified sorrow rather than melodrama.

Characters & Entities

• Śatānīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the virtuous face worldly limitations; Purāṇic narrative often uses succession concerns to move dharma-history forward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.