Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अथवा विनिवेद्यं च क्रियते यत्परस्परम् । अनिवेद्य च तां राजन्कुर्वाणो विघ्नमेष्यति

Transliteration

athavā vinivedyaṃ ca kriyate yatparasparam | anivedya ca tāṃ rājankurvāṇo vighnameṣyati

Translation

O König: Was immer Menschen in gegenseitigen Angelegenheiten tun, soll erst nach Darbringung und Anzeige vor Ihr getan werden. Wer handelt, ohne es zuvor Ihr darzubringen, wird, wenn er fortfährt, auf Hindernisse stoßen.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or, otherwise
• अथवा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-समुच्चय/विकल्प (disjunctive particle: “or/otherwise”)

• विनिवेद्यम्: to be informed (as something that should be reported)
• विनिवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-विद् (धातु) → विनिवेद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “to be informed/announced”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction “and”)

• क्रियते: is done, is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun “that which”)

• परस्परम्: mutually, to one another
• परस्परम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative); “mutually/each other”

• अनिवेद्य: without informing
• अनिवेद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-नि-विद् (धातु) → अनिवेद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थ (absolutive/gerund); “not having informed”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• ताम्: her/that (fem.)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• कुर्वाणः: doing (so), while doing
• कुर्वाणः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (acting/doing)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, hindrance
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एष्यति: will go to/meet with, will incur
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage instructs that all mutual dealings must be preceded by offering to the presiding Devī; a small shrine in a forest-kshetra, with ritual tray ready, suggesting ‘permission before action’.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Dharmaputrikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Begin undertakings with reverent offering and acknowledgement of the Goddess; negligence invites obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting; the verse focuses on ritual protocol rather than naming a separate tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To 'vinivedya'—formally offer/submit first to the Goddess before proceeding with actions.