Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

राजसूयक्रतुं कर्तुं तत एच्छद्युधिष्ठिरः । कृष्णं समाह्वयामास यियक्षुर्धर्मनंदनं

Transliteration

rājasūyakratuṃ kartuṃ tata ecchadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ samāhvayāmāsa yiyakṣurdharmanaṃdanaṃ

Translation

اس کے بعد یُدھشٹھِر نے راجسوئے یَجْن کرنے کی خواہش کی؛ اس دھرم نندن نے اس مہا کرتو کے لیے کرشن کو بلا بھیجا۔

Word by Word

• राजसूयक्रतुम्: the Rājasūya sacrifice
• राजसूयक्रतुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूयक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; राजसूय + क्रतु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (राजसूयः क्रतुः)

• कर्तुम्: to perform
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), कर्तुम्; अर्थः: कर्तुं (to do)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (thereupon)

• एच्छत्: desired
• एच्छत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• समाह्वयामास: summoned/called
• समाह्वयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; समाह्वयामास = समाह्वय + आमास (परिप्रयोग)

• यियक्षुः: wishing to sacrifice
• यियक्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: सन्नन्त-धातु (desiderative) यि-यक्ष्; उ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (desiderative participle), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• धर्मनन्दनम्: Dharma’s delight/son (epithet)
• धर्मनन्दनम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + नन्दन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषण-रूपेण (युधिष्ठिरस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (transition from tīrtha merit to royal dharma action)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the royal hall at Indraprastha, Yudhiṣṭhira forms the solemn resolve for Rājasūya; a messenger is dispatched to Dvārakā to summon Kṛṣṇa—faces intent, ritual paraphernalia hinted (fire altar plans, scrolls, priests).

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Rājasūya
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narrative links tīrtha-earned merit to righteous governance, where a king pursues major sacrifices under proper guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new site is praised in this verse; it moves from Lakṣmī-tīrtha’s results to the Rājasūya undertaking.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The intent to perform the Rājasūya kratu (royal sacrifice), a major Vedic rite associated with sovereignty.