Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

देवोपदिष्ट भार्यायां जातोऽयं तनयो मम । स च प्रश्नं वक्ष्यति त्वां श्रूयतामागतस्त्वतः

Transliteration

devopadiṣṭa bhāryāyāṃ jāto'yaṃ tanayo mama | sa ca praśnaṃ vakṣyati tvāṃ śrūyatāmāgatastvataḥ

Translation

จากภรรยาที่ได้รับตามพระบัญชาของเทพเจ้า บุตรชายของเราผู้นี้ได้ถือกำเนิดขึ้น เขาจะทูลถามท่านข้อหนึ่ง—ขอได้โปรดสดับรับฟัง; ด้วยเหตุนั้นเราจึงมาหาท่าน

Word by Word

• देवोपदिष्ट: instructed by a god
• देवोपदिष्ट: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदिष्ट (कृदन्त; √दिश्/दिश्-उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (past passive participle)

• भार्यायाम्: in (his) wife
• भार्यायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (born)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Pronoun)

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (Genitive singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• प्रश्नम्: question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• वक्ष्यति: will speak/tell
• वक्ष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• श्रूयताम्: let (it) be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आज्ञार्थे (let it be heard)

• आगतः: having come
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु) + आगत (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (having come)

• त्वतः: from you
• त्वतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (Ablative singular)

Speaker

Ghaṭotkaca

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father-figure introduces his divinely-born son to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, explaining the purpose of their arrival: the son will ask a decisive question. The mood is formal, anticipatory, and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• Barbarīka
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives frame birth and destiny under divine ordinance, encouraging reverence for providence and righteous inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred place is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it sets context for a forthcoming question on śreyas (the highest good).