Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

क्षपणैर्बोधिता वत्स जैनधर्मपरायणा । ब्रह्मावर्ताधिपतये कुंभीपालाय धीमते

Transliteration

kṣapaṇairbodhitā vatsa jainadharmaparāyaṇā | brahmāvartādhipataye kuṃbhīpālāya dhīmate

Translation

اے عزیز، کَشپَنوں کی تلقین سے وہ جَین دھرم کے راستے کی پرستار بن گئی۔ پھر اسے برہماورت کے حاکم، دانا کُمبھِی پال کے سپرد کیا گیا۔

Word by Word

• क्षपणैः: by the kṣapaṇas (Jain ascetics)
• क्षपणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• बोधिता: was instructed/awakened
• बोधिता: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) → बोधित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past passive participle agreeing with implied स्त्री (सा)

• वत्स: O dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• जैनधर्मपरायणा: devoted to the Jain religion
• जैनधर्मपरायणा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जैन-धर्म-परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (जैनधर्मे परायणा) ‘devoted to Jain dharma’

• ब्रह्मावर्ताधिपतये: to the lord of Brahmāvarta
• ब्रह्मावर्ताधिपतये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मावर्त-अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular (recipient)

• कुंभीपालाय: to Kuṃbhīpāla
• कुंभीपालाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुंभीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular (apposition to previous)

• धीमते: to the wise one
• धीमते: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular (epithet)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; 'vatsa' as narrative address)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmāvarta (kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'vatsa' (dear one) within the dialogue chain

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal court scene: a young woman being instructed by kṣapaṇas (Jaina ascetics) while a kingly figure prepares a marriage alliance with Kumbhīpāla, lord of Brahmāvarta; tension between ascetic simplicity and royal splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣapaṇas
• Jaina dharma
• Brahmāvarta
• Kumbhīpāla
• Ratnagaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma narratives warn that adopting teachings without Vedic grounding can redirect personal and political life, affecting an entire realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse names Brahmāvarta as a realm; the Dharmāraṇya section provides the sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it reports a religious alignment (Jaina dharma) and a royal alliance.