Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

लुब्धो मानी महाक्रोधी सत्याचार बहिष्कृतः । न देवं न गुरुं विप्रान्नो जानाति दुराशयः

Transliteration

lubdho mānī mahākrodhī satyācāra bahiṣkṛtaḥ | na devaṃ na guruṃ viprānno jānāti durāśayaḥ

Translation

Gierig, hochmütig und von großem Zorn erfüllt, war er von wahrhaftigem Wandel ausgeschlossen. In böser Gesinnung erkannte er weder Gott noch den Lehrer noch die brāhmaṇa-Weisen an.

Word by Word

• लुब्धः: greedy
• लुब्धः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध (कृदन्त; √लुभ् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past active sense)

• मानी: proud
• मानी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महा-क्रोधी: greatly wrathful
• महा-क्रोधी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सत्य-आचार-बहिष्कृतः: excluded from truthful conduct
• सत्य-आचार-बहिष्कृतः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) उपसर्ग: बहिस्/बहिः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• देवम्: God
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: nor
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• गुरुम्: teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विप्रान्: brāhmaṇas
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• उ: even/indeed
• उ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• जानाति: knows/recognizes
• जानाति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• दुराशयः: one of evil intention
• दुराशयः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mṛgyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary frame audience (sages) / internal interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king surrounded by symbols of vice: overflowing treasury (lobha), raised chin and lifted brow (māna), clenched fist and flaring eyes (mahākrodha). In the background, a deity shrine unattended, a guru figure ignored, brāhmaṇas turned away in sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• deva
• guru
• vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward God, guru, and brāhmaṇas—paired with greed and anger—signals moral collapse and invites ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), though the verse itself is ethical characterization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.