Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यदि ते संविभागेन पापस्यांशोऽपि गच्छति । तत्कुरुष्वाथवा पाप दुर्वहं ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

yadi te saṃvibhāgena pāpasyāṃśo'pi gacchati | tatkuruṣvāthavā pāpa durvahaṃ te bhaviṣyati

Translation

«إن كان بالتقسيم يصل إليك ولو جزءٌ يسيرٌ من الإثم، فافعله (على هذا الشرط وحده). وإلا، يا صاحب الذنب، فسيغدو ذلك عليك حملًا لا يُطاق.»

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (4th Dative / 6th Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संविभागेन: by sharing/distribution
• संविभागेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अंशः: a portion
• अंशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• गच्छति: goes/comes (to you)
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरुष्व: do (it)
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथवा: otherwise/or
• अथवा: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or else)

• पाप: O sinner/evil one
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• दुर्वहम्: hard to bear
• दुर्वहम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वह (धातु) → वह्य/वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दुर्+वह = hard to bear)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pāpī/coraḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage delivers a final conditional warning; the thief appears shaken, the weapon now secondary to the moral weight conveyed.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Caurā (thief)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wrongdoing creates a burden that cannot be escaped; unless others truly accept a share, the doer must bear the full weight of karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context is implicit within Tīrthamāhātmya, but no named location appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse functions as a dharmic admonition rather than a ritual instruction.