Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

चकाराभ्यधिकं स्नेहं न तथा पूर्वजेष्वथ । मनुस्तत्क्षांतवाञ्ज्येष्ठो भक्ष्यालंकारलालने

Transliteration

cakārābhyadhikaṃ snehaṃ na tathā pūrvajeṣvatha | manustatkṣāṃtavāñjyeṣṭho bhakṣyālaṃkāralālane

Translation

นางแสดงความรักยิ่งนักต่อบุตรผู้น้อย มิได้เป็นเช่นนั้นต่อผู้พี่. แต่มนูผู้เป็นพี่ใหญ่ก็อดกลั้นด้วยขันติ แม้ใจจะใฝ่หาอาหารโอชา เครื่องประดับ และการเอ็นดูทะนุถนอม.

Word by Word

• चकार: did; made
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• अभ्यधिकम्: excessive; greater
• अभ्यधिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• स्नेहम्: affection; love
• स्नेहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• तथा: thus; in that way
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb of manner)

• पूर्वजेषु: among the elders/older brothers
• पूर्वजेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (plural)

• अथ: then; and now
• अथ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (sequence particle)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (स्नेहम् इत्यस्य)

• क्षान्तवान्: patient; forgiving
• क्षान्तवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्तवत् (प्रातिपदिक) [क्षम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + वत्]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); गुणवाचक-विशेषणम्

• ज्येष्ठः: eldest
• ज्येष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (मनुः इत्यस्य)

• भक्ष्य: in food (edibles)
• भक्ष्य: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), द्विवचन (dual); समासाङ्ग (भक्ष्य-आलंकार-लालने)

• आलंकार: in ornaments/adornments
• आलंकार: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), द्विवचन (dual); समासाङ्ग

• लालने: in pampering/caressing
• लालने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), द्विवचन (dual); द्वन्द्वार्थ-समुच्चयः (भक्ष्य-आलंकार-लालने इति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic royal/solar household scene: the mother shows affection to younger children while the eldest Manu stands composed, eyes lowered, quietly enduring, yet with subtle signs of unmet longing.

Characters & Entities

• Manu (eldest)
• Savarṇā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Forbearance (kṣamā) is a dharmic strength, especially when facing unfairness in household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; it is narrative context within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.