Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
Devanagari script
भवन्त्येतानि सर्वाणि लुब्धानामकृतात्मनाम् । सुमहां त्यपि सास्त्राणि धारयंति बहुश्रुताः
Transliteration
bhavantyetāni sarvāṇi lubdhānāmakṛtātmanām | sumahāṃ tyapi sāstrāṇi dhārayaṃti bahuśrutāḥ
Translation
هذه العيوبُ كلُّها تنشأُ في الجشعين الذين لم يُهذِّبوا أنفسَهم. وحتى من كثر سماعُه وحفظُه لأسفارٍ عظيمةٍ من الشاسترا قد يقع فيها.
Word by Word
भवन्तिthey become/occur
भवन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
एतानिthese (things)
एतानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
लुब्धानाम्of the greedy
लुब्धानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootलुब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; लुभ् धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
अकृतात्मनाम्of the undisciplined (uncontrolled-souled)
अकृतात्मनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअकृतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
सुमहानिvery great
सुमहानि:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + महान् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
शास्त्राणिtreatises/scriptures
शास्त्राणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
धारयन्तिthey hold/retain
धारयन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
बहुश्रुताःthe learned (much-heard)
बहुश्रुताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु + श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; श्रु धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A learned reciter holding palm-leaf manuscripts, surrounded by scriptures, while a shadowy figure of greed coils around his heart; the contrast between outer scholarship and inner impurity is foregrounded.
FAQs
Learning alone does not purify; without self-discipline, greed still produces moral collapse.
No site is mentioned in this verse.
None; the emphasis is on ethical transformation rather than ritual performance.