Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

परोद्वेगकरा नूनं कलहा मित्रभेदिनः । सर्वे ते शुद्धतां यांति काजेशाः स्वयमब्रुवन्

Transliteration

parodvegakarā nūnaṃ kalahā mitrabhedinaḥ | sarve te śuddhatāṃ yāṃti kājeśāḥ svayamabruvan

Translation

حقًّا، يصيرون باعثي قلقٍ للآخرين—خصومًا مشاكسين ومفرّقي الأصدقاء؛ ومع ذلك ينالون جميعًا الطهارة بفضل هذه القدرة المقدّسة، كما أعلن الربّ بنفسه.

Word by Word

• para-udvega-karāḥ: causing others distress
• para-udvega-karāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + udvega (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘परस्य उद्वेगं कुर्वन्ति’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; causing others’ agitation)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of certainty)

• kalahāḥ: quarrels (quarrelsome people)
• kalahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• mitra-bhedinaḥ: splitters of friends
• mitra-bhedinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhid (भिद्) (कृदन्त—णिनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक ‘मित्राणि भेदयन्ति’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; ‘friendship-splitters’)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nominative plural; pronoun)

• śuddhatām: purity
• śuddhatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Lat, 3rd plural, Parasmaipada)

• kājeśāḥ: Kājeśas (a group/name)
• kājeśāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kājeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• svayam: themselves
• svayam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• abruvan: said, spoke
• abruvan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Laṅ, 3rd plural, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Vyāsa (quoting the Lord’s assurance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Quarrelsome people with broken garlands symbolizing broken friendships approach a radiant forest shrine; a divine voice/Śiva’s sign (triśūla) above indicates promised purification; the garlands mend as they enter the sacred boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva) (implied)
• Kaliyuga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali-yuga, divine grace working through a sacred place can purify deeply flawed conduct when one approaches rightly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually Dharmāraṇya/Dharmavāpī—the discourse emphasizes the purifying potency associated with the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit in this verse; it reinforces the tīrtha’s purificatory promise attributed to the Lord.