Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

किं पुनर्यो द्विषत्येनं लोकालोकप्रभुं हरिम् । स सुखी वर्तते कालं न निमेषं मतं मम

Transliteration

kiṃ punaryo dviṣatyenaṃ lokālokaprabhuṃ harim | sa sukhī vartate kālaṃ na nimeṣaṃ mataṃ mama

Translation

Was erst ist mit dem, der Hari hasst, den Herrn des Sichtbaren und Unsichtbaren? Meiner Ansicht nach kann ein solcher nicht einmal einen Augenblick glücklich bleiben.

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Discourse (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Discourse (सम्बोधन/उपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यार्थक (again/further)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्विषति: hates
• द्विषति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लोकालोकप्रभुम्: the lord of the world and the beyond
• लोकालोकप्रभुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + अलोक + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य च अलोकस्य च प्रभुः)

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वर्तते: remains/exists
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कालम्: for (a) time
• कालम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-द्वितीया (accusative of duration)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• निमेषम्: even a moment
• निमेषम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-द्वितीया

• मतम्: (is) the opinion
• मतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन्/मन्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used as noun: 'opinion')

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

Speaker

Īśvara / Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kambu-tīrtha (context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (implied across the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: a divine figure admonishes against hatred of Hari; Hari appears as cosmic lord spanning manifest/unmanifest realms, while a hateful figure is shown restless and joyless.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Lokāloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hatred toward the divine sustainer destroys inner peace; well-being is inseparable from alignment with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a universal ethical-theological maxim within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes an inner discipline—freedom from hostility toward Hari—as essential to happiness.