Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । आज्ञाभंगो ध्रुवं भावी परिपाटीव्यतिक्रमात् । करोषि यदि शिष्याणां ये त्वया तत्र योजिताः

Transliteration

yājñavalkya uvāca | ājñābhaṃgo dhruvaṃ bhāvī paripāṭīvyatikramāt | karoṣi yadi śiṣyāṇāṃ ye tvayā tatra yojitāḥ

Translation

Yājñavalkya sprach: „Ein Bruch des Gebots wird gewiss eintreten, weil die rechte Ordnung überschritten wird—wenn du die Schüler in Anspruch nimmst, die du dort eingesetzt hast.“

Word by Word

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yājñavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• आज्ञाभङ्गः: breach of command
• आज्ञाभङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक) + भङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आज्ञायाः भङ्गः)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb: ‘certainly’)

• भावी: inevitable/going to happen
• भावी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (आज्ञाभङ्गः)

• परिपाटीव्यतिक्रमात्: from transgressing the established procedure
• परिपाटीव्यतिक्रमात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिपाटी (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यतिक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (परिपाट्याः व्यतिक्रमः)

• करोषि: you do
• करोषि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional particle)

• शिष्याणाम्: of the disciples
• शिष्याणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• योजिताः: appointed/assigned
• योजिताः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ये)

Speaker

Yājñavalkya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: An authority figure/organizer addressed by Yājñavalkya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Yājñavalkya speaks with authoritative calm, warning about procedural breach; disciples stand in attentive rows, palm-leaf manuscripts nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through right procedure and fidelity to instructions; shortcuts create inevitable breaches.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; it stresses adherence to paripāṭī (proper order) in assigned duties.