Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच । एतैर्भूतगणैः पापैरुल्लंघ्य मम शासनम्

Transliteration

skanda uvāca | etairbhūtagaṇaiḥ pāpairullaṃghya mama śāsanam

Translation

قال سكاندا: "لقد انتهكت هذه الحشود الآثمة من الأرواح أمري".

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक; देव-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु; perfect)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• भूतगणैः: by the groups of beings
• भूतगणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भूतानां गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• पापैः: sinful, wicked
• पापैः: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भूतगणैः)

• उल्लङ्घ्य: having violated
• उल्लङ्घ्य: Sambandha (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + लङ्घ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having transgressed/overstepped

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शासनम्: command, order
• शासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: His emanated Śakti (and implicitly the devas present)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda speaks with stern clarity, identifying the sinful bhūta hosts as violators of his command—moment of judgment before action.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Bhūta-gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even unseen beings are bound by divine ordinance; dharma includes respecting limits established by the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this line; it introduces a corrective action within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.