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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

देवार्चनपरो विप्रो वित्तार्थी भुवनत्रये । असौ देवलकोनाम हव्यकव्येषु गर्हितः

devārcanaparo vipro vittārthī bhuvanatraye | asau devalakonāma havyakavyeṣu garhitaḥ

Ein Brahmane, der der Verehrung der Götter ergeben ist, sie jedoch um des Geldes willen betreibt—er heißt in den drei Welten «Devalaka» und wird in Angelegenheiten der Havya- und Kavya-Opfer für Götter und Ahnen getadelt.

देवार्चनपरःdevoted to deity-worship
देवार्चनपरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव + अर्चन + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘देवार्चने परः’ = devoted to worship of gods)
विप्रःa brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
वित्तार्थीseeking wealth
वित्तार्थी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवित्त + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘वित्तस्य अर्थी’ = desirous of wealth)
भुवनत्रयेin the three worlds
भुवनत्रये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (‘त्रीणि भुवनानि’)
असौthat man
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशक-सर्वनाम (this/that person)
देवलकःa devalaka (temple-priest for hire)
देवलकः:
Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवलक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formनामार्थक-अव्यय (particle meaning ‘by name/called’)
हव्यकव्येषुin havya and kavya offerings
हव्यकव्येषु:
Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य + कव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (offerings to gods and to ancestors)
गर्हितःcondemned, censured
गर्हितः:
Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootगर्हित (कृदन्त; गर्ह् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past passive participle)

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: Inside a shrine, a Brahmin performs ārati before a deity image while covertly eyeing a purse of coins; behind him, ancestral offering vessels (śrāddha pātra) are shown, emphasizing ‘havya-kavya’ purity; a pilgrim looks uncertain.

D
Devas
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

Sacred service becomes blameworthy when driven by greed; intention (bhāva) determines the spiritual worth of religious acts.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where standards for worship, charity, and ritual purity are laid down.

It defines the devalaka as a wealth-seeking worshipper and states such a person is censured regarding havya-kavya rites.