Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

दुष्पण्यस्त्वथ तं देशं परित्यज्य भयान्वितः । मुनिमंडलसंबाधं वनमेव ययौ तदा

Transliteration

duṣpaṇyastvatha taṃ deśaṃ parityajya bhayānvitaḥ | munimaṃḍalasaṃbādhaṃ vanameva yayau tadā

Translation

Da verließ Duṣpaṇya, von Furcht ergriffen, jenes Land und begab sich in den Wald, dicht erfüllt von Kreisen der Munis und Weisen.

Word by Word

• दुष्पण्यः: Duṣpaṇya (the evil trader)
• दुष्पण्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्-पण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः कर्मधारयः

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle: but/and then)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (sequence: then/now)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देशम्: country/place
• देशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परित्यज्य: having left
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातुः-त्यज् (to abandon), उपसर्गः-परि

• भयान्वितः: filled with fear
• भयान्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय-अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (भयेन अन्वितः = endowed with fear)

• मुनिमण्डलसंबाधम्: crowded with circles of sages
• मुनिमण्डलसंबाधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि-मण्डल-संबाध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (मुनिमण्डलेन संबाधम्/संबाधितम् = crowded with groups of sages)

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लकारः-लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, पुरुषः-प्रथम (3rd), वचनम्-एकवचन (Singular); धातुः-या (to go)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: then)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: सेतुक्षेत्र-परिसर तपोवन (कथानक-वन)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: निर्वासित Duṣpaṇya भयभीत होकर घने वन में प्रवेश करता है; चारों ओर कुटीरें, यज्ञ-धूम, मुनिगण, हिरण; वातावरण तपोमय।

Characters & Entities

• Duṣpaṇya
• Sages (munayaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma brings fear and displacement; proximity to sages hints that even the fallen may face correction through holy company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya framework continues; the verse shifts to an āraṇya (forest) setting associated with sages rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.