Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

विमान्य च द्विजानेतानागमिष्यति यो नरः । स मे वध्यश्च दंड्यश्च निर्वास्यो विषयाद्बहिः

Transliteration

vimānya ca dvijānetānāgamiṣyati yo naraḥ | sa me vadhyaśca daṃḍyaśca nirvāsyo viṣayādbahiḥ

Translation

Any man who, showing contempt for these brāhmaṇas, fails to come—he shall be liable to death and punishment, and shall be banished outside my realm.

Word by Word

• vimānya: having insulted/disrespected
• vimānya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-mān (धातु) → vimānya (कृदन्त, ल्यप्/त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्ययभाव)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्यय (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थ), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘विमान्य’ = having disrespected

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• dvijān: Brahmins (twice-born)
• dvijān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• etān: these
• etān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘dvijān’

• āgamiṣyati: will come/approach
• āgamiṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• naraḥ: man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic

• vadhyaḥ: to be killed / punishable by death
• vadhyaḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vadhya (प्रातिपदिक; साध्य/योग्य अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् ‘saḥ’

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

• daṇḍyaḥ: to be fined/punished
• daṇḍyaḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daṇḍya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् ‘saḥ’

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

• nirvāsyaḥ: to be banished/exiled
• nirvāsyaḥ: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-vāsya (प्रातिपदिक; causative/obligative sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् ‘saḥ’

• viṣayāt: from the realm/territory
• viṣayāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• bahiḥ: outside
• bahiḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

Speaker

Rāma (contextual; royal proclamation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king (Rāma) issues a stern proclamation: anyone who insults or fails to approach the assembled brāhmaṇas will face punishment and exile; courtiers stand tense as the edict is declared.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)
• Viṣaya (realm)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Society is upheld when the learned and righteous are protected and disrespect toward them is checked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is defended through strict enforcement of respect toward its brāhmaṇas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a ritual, but a legal-ethical injunction: contempt of brāhmaṇas invites punitive consequences.