Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अशोकदत्तो जग्राह तस्याः पादं सनूपुरम् । ततोऽगान्नूपुरं त्यक्त्वा बद्धरत्नं विहाय तत्

Transliteration

aśokadatto jagrāha tasyāḥ pādaṃ sanūpuram | tato'gānnūpuraṃ tyaktvā baddharatnaṃ vihāya tat

Translation

อโศกทัตตะคว้าพระบาทของนางไว้พร้อมกำไลข้อเท้า (นูปุระ) แล้วนางก็หนีไป ทิ้งนูปุระนั้นไว้ พร้อมละทิ้งเครื่องประดับฝังรัตนะ

Word by Word

• अशोकदत्तः: Ashokadatta
• अशोकदत्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोकदत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जग्राह: seized/took
• जग्राह: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पादम्: foot
• पादम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सनूपुरम्: with an anklet
• सनूपुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्गवत् ‘सह’) + नूपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुषः (नूपुरेण सह) विशेषणम् (पादम् इति)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• अगात्: went
• अगात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नूपुरम्: anklet
• नूपुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नूपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having abandoned/left’

• बद्धरत्नम्: with gems fastened
• बद्धरत्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बद्ध + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण-समासः (बद्धं रत्नं यस्मिन्/यत्) विशेषणम् (नूपुरम् इति)

• विहाय: having discarded
• विहाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having left/abandoned’

• तत्: that (one/it)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aśokadatta grabs her ankleted foot; she slips away, fleeing and leaving the gem-studded anklet behind—glinting on the ground as evidence.

Characters & Entities

• Aśokadatta
• the fleeing woman (implied demoness/disguised being)
• nūpura (divine anklet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Courage aligned with dharma restrains harm and preserves what is sacred and valuable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region is the scriptural backdrop; the verse highlights a dharmic exploit within the Setukhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on heroic intervention and the recovery of a precious object.