Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

तदेवं नैव भूयस्ते प्रकर्तव्यं कथंचन । अक्षिक्षेपो हि पूज्यानामावहत्यधिकं रुजम्

Transliteration

tadevaṃ naiva bhūyaste prakartavyaṃ kathaṃcana | akṣikṣepo hi pūjyānāmāvahatyadhikaṃ rujam

Translation

Therefore, do not ever do this again in any manner. For casting slight upon those who are worthy of reverence brings about great pain and harm.

Word by Word

• तत्: therefore
• तत्: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे/प्रकरण-सूचक (discourse particle: 'therefore/so')

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: manner)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/तुलनात्मक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative) / षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; अत्र उपदेशे ‘ते’ = ‘तव/त्वया’ संबन्धे (for you)

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: to be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Vidhi/Obligation (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तव्यताप्रत्यय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः (to be done)

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-सहायक/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in any way)

• अक्षिक्षेपः: eye-rolling/derisive glance
• अक्षिक्षेपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—अक्षेः क्षेपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुबोधक/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• पूज्यानाम्: of the venerable (persons)
• पूज्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समूह/व्यक्ति), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आवहति: brings about
• आवहति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अधिकम्: greater, more
• अधिकम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘रुजम्’ विशेषणम्

• रुजम्: pain, suffering
• रुजम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुज्/रुजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ekānaṃśā (Yogamāyā), admonishing Bhīma and by extension the Pāṇḍavas

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker forbids further insult and states the karmic consequence: disrespect toward the venerable brings intense suffering.

Characters & Entities

• Pūjya (the venerable—implicitly the goddess/divine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aparādha (disrespect) toward the venerable causes suffering; dharma requires reverence and restraint in speech and conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches universal dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the ‘prescription’ is behavioral—avoid insult and maintain pūjā-bhāva (reverential attitude).