Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अन्ये न दीयमाने स्वे निषेद्धुःपापकारिणः । आच्छेत्तुः परवृत्तीनां जिह्वां छिंध्यस्य दुर्मुख

Transliteration

anye na dīyamāne sve niṣeddhuḥpāpakāriṇaḥ | ācchettuḥ paravṛttīnāṃ jihvāṃ chiṃdhyasya durmukha

Translation

أما الآثم الذي يمنع الآخرين من التصدق بمالهم، والذي يقطع رزق غيره، فاقطع لسانه، يا قبيح الوجه.

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• दीयमाने: when (it) is being given
• दीयमाने: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि लट्-प्रत्ययार्थे शानच्/मान (Present passive participle): दीयमान; सप्तमी एकवचन (locative absolute)

• स्वे: in one’s own (property)
• स्वे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘स्वे’ = स्वे (धने/वस्तुनि) in one’s own (property)

• निषेद्धुः: of the preventer/forbidder
• निषेद्धुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि + सिध्/षिध् (धातु) → निषेध (प्रातिपदिक) + तृ (कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘निषेद्धृ’ = one who forbids/prevents

• पापकारिणः: of the evil-doer
• पापकारिणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: पापं करोति इति (evil-doer)

• आच्छेत्तुः: of the cutter-off
• आच्छेत्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + छिद् (धातु) → आच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक) + तृ (कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘आच्छेत्तृ’ = one who cuts off/severs

• परवृत्तीनाम्: of others’ livelihoods
• परवृत्तीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: परस्य वृत्तिः (others’ livelihood/means)

• जिह्वाम्: the tongue
• जिह्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• छिन्धि: cut
• छिन्धि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• दुर्मुख: O evil-faced one
• दुर्मुख: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः: दुष्टं मुखं यस्य (evil-faced)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa; addressing a naraka-agent/attendant in the narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A foul-faced executioner cuts out the sinner’s tongue—punishment for forbidding others’ giving and for cutting off livelihoods; the tongue symbolizes coercive speech and obstruction.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Blocking charitable giving and sabotaging others’ sustenance violates dharma and is portrayed as a grave moral offense.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader sacred context; this verse itself stresses dharma around dāna and livelihood.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Indirectly, it upholds dāna (charitable giving) by condemning those who prevent it.