Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89
Devanagari script
तदेवं संस्थिते लोके मूढो मुह्यति मत्तवत् । मानुष्यमपि यद्धूर्ता वदंत्यग्र्यं श्रृणुष्वतत्
Transliteration
tadevaṃ saṃsthite loke mūḍho muhyati mattavat | mānuṣyamapi yaddhūrtā vadaṃtyagryaṃ śrṛṇuṣvatat
Translation
Thus, though the world stands as it does, the deluded one is confounded like a man intoxicated. And as for what rogues proclaim as ‘the highest’—even ‘human life’—listen to that.
Word by Word
तत्that/this
तत्:
Sambandha (Anaphoric/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb: 'thus')
संस्थितेwhen (it is) so established
संस्थिते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसक/पुं/स्त्री सम्भव; अत्र 'लोके' इति विशेषणरूपेण
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
मूढःa deluded (man)
मूढः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmūḍha (कृदन्त; √मुह्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP), संज्ञावत् (as noun: 'a deluded person')
मुह्यतिis confused/deluded
मुह्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
मत्तवत्like a drunk person
मत्तवत्:
Sambandha (Adverbial comparison/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmattavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, उपमानवाचक-तद्धितान्त (vat-pratyaya used adverbially: 'like/as if')
मानुष्यम्human (state)/humanity
मानुष्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (particle), अप्यर्थ (even/also)
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun: 'which')
धूर्ताःrogues/cunning people
धूर्ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन
वदन्तिsay
वदन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
अग्र्यम्excellent/supreme
अग्र्यम्:
Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootagrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (मानुष्यम् इति)
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
Speaker
Unspecified in snippet
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A bewildered man sways like an intoxicated person amid a bustling world-market; nearby, slick ‘rogues’ proclaim slogans about ‘the highest,’ while a calm sage gestures for attentive listening.
Characters & Entities
H
Human life (mānuṣya)FAQs
It warns that delusion distorts judgment and that one should scrutinize popular claims about what is ‘supreme’ or ‘best’ in life.
No holy site is referenced.
None.