Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यदि मामिच्छति भवान्पितरं मम याचय । इति विद्याधरसुतमुक्त्वा कांतिमती तदा

Transliteration

yadi māmicchati bhavānpitaraṃ mama yācaya | iti vidyādharasutamuktvā kāṃtimatī tadā

Translation

หากท่านปรารถนาข้า ก็จงไปขอข้าจากบิดาของข้าเถิด ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แก่บุตรแห่งวิทยาธรแล้ว กานติมตีจึงเตรียมจากไป

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इच्छति: desires
• इच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रयोग

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याचय: ask/request
• याचय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation-marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• विद्याधरसुतम्: the Vidyādhara’s son
• विद्याधरसुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर+सुत (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विद्याधरस्य सुतः’

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक

• कान्तिमती: Kāntimatī (name)
• कान्तिमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्तिमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Kāṃtimatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāṃtimatī addresses the Vidyādhara prince with composed firmness, gesturing toward the direction of her father’s āśrama; she then turns to depart, radiating dignity.

Characters & Entities

• Kāṃtimatī
• Vidyādhara-suta (Vidyādhara prince)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire must be governed by dharma—proper conduct requires a lawful request through guardians, not coercion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya setting frames the episode; this verse chiefly concerns dharmic procedure rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it references the social-dharmic protocol of seeking a bride through formal request.