Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अस्यापि मम पुत्रस्य भिक्षान्नेनैव जीवतः । दारिद्र्यशमनोपायमुपदेष्टुं त्वमर्हसि

Transliteration

asyāpi mama putrasya bhikṣānnenaiva jīvataḥ | dāridryaśamanopāyamupadeṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi

Translation

我的这个儿子也只靠乞求得来的食物维生。请你应当开示我们，如何平息并除去贫困之法。

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• पुत्रस्य: of (my) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• भिक्षान्नेन: by begged food / alms-food
• भिक्षान्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षान्न (प्रातिपदिक: भिक्षा + अन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जीवतः: of (him) living / while he lives
• जीवतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like: 'while living')
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु) → जीवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दारिद्र्यशमनोपायम्: means to pacify/remove poverty
• दारिद्र्यशमनोपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य-शमन-उपाय (प्रातिपदिक; दारिद्र्यस्य शमनस्य उपायः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उपदेष्टुम्: to instruct
• उपदेष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + दिश् (धातु) → उपदेष्टुम् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अर्हसि: are fit/ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified petitioner (addressing Śāṇḍilya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father speaks with folded hands to the sage, indicating his son who survives on alms; the emotional center is humility and the plea for a concrete remedy.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering is approached through seeking guidance from the wise and adopting a dharmic remedy rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a personal appeal for instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse requests instruction in a poverty-alleviating upāya; the specific vrata/pujā is not yet stated here.