Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

नानेतव्या भवद्भिश्च मम लोकं कदाचन । वर्ज्यास्ते हि प्रयत्नेन पापिनोऽपि सदैव हि

Transliteration

nānetavyā bhavadbhiśca mama lokaṃ kadācana | varjyāste hi prayatnena pāpino'pi sadaiva hi

Translation

Niemals sollt ihr sie in meine Welt bringen. Meidet sie mit aller Sorgfalt—stets—selbst wenn sie Sünder sind.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ānetavyāḥ: to be brought
• ānetavyāḥ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/passive necessity); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावः—‘आनेयाः’ (to be brought)

• bhavadbhiḥ: by you (hon.)
• bhavadbhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• lokam: to (my) world
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kadācana: ever/at any time
• kadācana: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• varjyāḥ: to be avoided
• varjyāḥ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛj/√varj (धातु) + ya (कृत्)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वर्जनीयाः’ (to be avoided)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• prayatnena: with effort
• prayatnena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• pāpinaḥ: sinful
• pāpinaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (te)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even)

• sadaiva: always
• sadaiva: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā + eva (अव्यय-समासवत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः (always indeed)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

Speaker

Yama/Kāla (injunction to his messengers; consistent with the surrounding passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dūtas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Divine command to messengers: do not escort pretenders to the divine realm; depict a threshold—some are turned away despite Śaiva garb.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Kāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with Śiva is portrayed as a powerful shield, limiting the jurisdiction of punitive forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative milieu, but it is not a direct tirtha-praise verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed; it is an administrative command to Yama’s attendants regarding whom not to take.