Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अस्यापुत्रत्वजं दुःखं त्वमपाकर्तुमर्हसि । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शांडिल्यो मुनिसत्तमः

Transliteration

asyāputratvajaṃ duḥkhaṃ tvamapākartumarhasi | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śāṃḍilyo munisattamaḥ

Translation

“ท่านพึงขจัดความทุกข์อันเกิดจากความไร้บุตรนี้เถิด” ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำนั้นแล้ว ษาณฑิลยะ มุนีผู้ประเสริฐยิ่ง (จึงตอบ)

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (person)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular)

• अपुत्रत्वजम्: arising from sonlessness
• अपुत्रत्वजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-putratva-ja (प्रातिपदिक; a- (नञ्) + putratva ‘sonlessness’ + ja ‘born from’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (accusative singular neuter)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuzmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे द्वितीयपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (2nd person pronoun nominative singular)

• अपाकर्तुम्: to remove
• अपाकर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक; ‘to remove’

• अर्हसि: you are able/ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular)

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• शाण्डिल्यः: Śāṇḍilya
• शाण्डिल्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṃḍilya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-sattama (प्रातिपदिक; muni ‘sage’ + sattama ‘best’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणवत् संज्ञा (nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful king petitions a serene, ascetic Śāṇḍilya; the sage listens compassionately, surrounded by forest-hermitage calm, with attendants at a respectful distance.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sorrow is approached through dharmic counsel and the guidance of realized sages, who become instruments of divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Setukhaṇḍa, the broader frame is the Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred geography, though this verse itself is narrative setup rather than direct tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it introduces the request to remove childlessness.