Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

शिबिरौशीनरोङ्गानि सुतं च प्रियमौरसम् । ब्राह्मणार्थमुपाकृत्य नाकपृष्ठमितो गतः

Transliteration

śibirauśīnaroṅgāni sutaṃ ca priyamaurasam | brāhmaṇārthamupākṛtya nākapṛṣṭhamito gataḥ

Translation

اوشینر کے بیٹے شِبی نے برہمن کی خاطر اپنے اعضا تک اور اپنے محبوب صلبی بیٹے تک کو نذر کر دیا، اور یہاں سے جنت کے بلند مقام تک پہنچ گیا۔

Word by Word

• शिबि: Śibi
• शिबि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• औशीनरः: the son of Uśīnara
• औशीनरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औशीनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; विशेषणम् (epithet of Śibi)

• अङ्गानि: limbs
• अङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction) — Coordinative particle

• प्रियम्: dear
• प्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'sutaṃ')

• औरसम्: own-born (legitimate)
• औरसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषणम् (born of one’s own body)

• ब्राह्मणार्थम्: for a Brahmin’s sake
• ब्राह्मणार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; समासः: ब्राह्मणस्य अर्थः (for the sake of a Brahmin)

• उपाकृत्य: having offered (as a gift)
• उपाकृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), उपसर्गः उप- — Absolutive (having offered/done)

• नाकपृष्ठम्: to heaven
• नाकपृष्ठम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; समासः: नाकस्य पृष्ठम् (heaven’s surface)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादानार्थक/देशवाचक (ablatival adverb) — ‘from here/from this world’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — PPP ‘gone’, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; वाक्ये क्रियासमानार्थकः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Śibi on a throne or sacrificial platform, resolute, offering his own flesh/limbs (and the motif of giving what is most beloved) to fulfill a brāhmaṇa’s need; devas witnessing, a path of light rising to svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Śibi
• Uśīnara
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme charity—even at great personal cost—brings exalted merit; Śibi is held up as an exemplar of dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse uses an exemplary narrative to glorify dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Encourages giving for brāhmaṇas/dharmic recipients; it is exemplary rather than a procedural ritual instruction.