Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
राजोवाच । दैवतानां गुरूणां च पित्रोश्च पृथिवीपतेः । शासनस्याप्यलंघ्यत्वात्प्रत्यादेशो न कर्हिचित्
Transliteration
rājovāca | daivatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca pitrośca pṛthivīpateḥ | śāsanasyāpyalaṃghyatvātpratyādeśo na karhicit
Translation
The king said: “Since the commands of the gods, the gurus, the parents, and the lord of the earth are not to be transgressed, there should never be any refusal.”
Word by Word
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
दैवतानाम्of the deities
दैवतानाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdaivatā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
गुरूणाम्of the teachers
गुरूणाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
चand
च:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
पित्रोःof the two parents
पित्रोः:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सम्बन्ध
चand
च:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
पृथिवीपतेःof the lord of the earth (king)
पृथिवीपतेः:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘पृथिव्याः पतिः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
शासनस्यof the command, order
शासनस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात
अलंघ्यत्वात्because of (its) being untransgressible
अलंघ्यत्वात्:
Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roota- + laṅghya (प्रातिपदिक) + tva (भाव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे अपादान (कारण)
प्रत्यादेशःcounter-order, contradiction
प्रत्यादेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpratyādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Nipata (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात
कर्हिचित्ever, at any time
कर्हिचित्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkarhicit (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (निषेधे ‘कभी भी’ अर्थे)
Speaker
Rājā (king) (explicit)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king seated in court speaks solemnly; behind him symbolic figures: a deity, a guru with staff, parents, and the earth-lord emblem—forming a vertical chain of authority.
Characters & Entities
D
DaivatāG
GuruP
Pitarau (parents)P
Pṛthivīpati (king)FAQs
It asserts the traditional weight of legitimate authority—commands of revered sources are treated as binding.
No tīrtha is referenced.
None.