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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अनयोर्हि फलं ग्राह्यं सारता नात्र काचन । अर्धदेही च मनुजस्त्वसंस्पृश्यः सतांमतः

Transliteration

anayorhi phalaṃ grāhyaṃ sāratā nātra kācana | ardhadehī ca manujastvasaṃspṛśyaḥ satāṃmataḥ

Translation

Aus diesen beiden lässt sich nur die „äußere Frucht“ nehmen—ein wahres Wesen ist hier keines. Und ein „halb-leibiger“ Mann gilt nach dem Urteil der Guten als einer, den man nicht berühren soll (also im Ritus und in der gesellschaftlichen Sitte zu meiden).

Word by Word
अनयोःof these two
अनयोः:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्विवचनस्य षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Gen./Loc.), द्विवचन (Dual); here षष्ठी 'of these two'
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
फलंfruit/result
फलं:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here subject of (अस्ति) implied
ग्राह्यंto be accepted
ग्राह्यं:
Vidhेय/Predicate adjective (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-भाव्य/योग्यतावाचक (gerundive/णीयत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'to be accepted/taken'
सारताessence, substantiality
सारता:
Karta (कर्ता) (of implied अस्ति/नास्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootसारता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
काचनany (at all)
काचन:
Visheshana (विशेषण) of सारता
TypeAdjective
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)
अर्धदेहीhalf-bodied person
अर्धदेही:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अर्धस्य देही = 'one having half (a body)')
चand
च:
Conjunction (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
मनुजःman, human
मनुजः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्धदेही इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)
असंस्पृश्यःuntouchable (not fit to be touched)
असंस्पृश्यः:
Vidhेय/Predicate adjective (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (उपसर्ग/निषेध) + संस्पृश्य (प्रातिपदिक; from धातु स्पृश्)
Formकृदन्त-योग्यतावाचक (gerundive/यत्) with negation; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'not to be touched/untouchable'
सताम्of the good/virtuous
सताम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)
मतःconsidered (as)
मतः:
Kriyā-samānārtha predicate (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक; from धातु मन् 'to think')
Formकृदन्त-क्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'considered/held as'
Speaker

Same narrator (normative dharma voice) within Sūta’s discourse (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual assembly at a tīrtha: elders indicate boundaries around a yajña/pujā space; one figure stands aside in hesitation, emphasizing the theme of eligibility versus mere fruit-seeking.

FAQs

Dharma is not merely external ‘fruit’; it requires inner wholeness and rightful order, otherwise one becomes ritually/socially unsuitable.

No site is named in this verse; it stresses dharmic eligibility and purity norms.

An implicit purity rule: the ‘ardhadehī’ is deemed asaṃspṛśya (to be avoided) according to the virtuous.

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