Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जनित्वा च पुनर्योनौ कर्मशेषेण कुत्सिते । संसारे पतितानस्मान्रामनाथ दयानिधे

Transliteration

janitvā ca punaryonau karmaśeṣeṇa kutsite | saṃsāre patitānasmānrāmanātha dayānidhe

Translation

اور کرم کے باقی ماندہ اثر کے سبب ہم نے حقیر یونی میں پھر جنم لیا، اور سنسار میں گِر پڑے ہیں۔ اے رام ناتھ، اے رحمت کے سمندر—ہم پر نظرِ کرم فرما۔

Word by Word

• जनित्वा: having been born
• जनित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• योनौ: in a womb/birth
• योनौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कर्म-शेषेण: by the remainder of karma
• कर्म-शेषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—कर्मणः शेषः

• कुत्सिते: in a vile (birth)
• कुत्सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्सित (कृदन्त; कुत्स्/कुत्सय्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘योनौ’ इति विशेषणम्

• संसारे: in saṃsāra
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पतितान्: fallen
• पतितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; पत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘अस्मान्’ इति विशेषणम्

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• राम-नाथ: O Lord of Rāma
• राम-नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—रामस्य नाथः

• दया-निधे: O treasure of compassion
• दया-निधे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दयायाः निधिः

Speaker

Sarve Vānarāḥ (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma-nātha (addressed as compassionate Lord)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The vānaras, weary from endless wandering, prostrate before Rāmanātha; above them, a symbolic chain of births appears as broken links, while a cool, moonlit Śiva aura pours down like nectar of compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara)
• Karma
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even leftover karma can bind beings to lower births; divine compassion—invoked as Rāmanātha—becomes the hope for release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara at Setu-tīrtha, revered as a compassionate liberator.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse is an appeal to mercy and liberation.