Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

स्वसाध्यं ब्रूषे मोहात्त्वं शापयोग्योऽसि बालिश । देशकालोचितं स्वीयं परस्य च बलं हृदा

Transliteration

svasādhyaṃ brūṣe mohāttvaṃ śāpayogyo'si bāliśa | deśakālocitaṃ svīyaṃ parasya ca balaṃ hṛdā

Translation

Deluded, you speak of what is ‘easy for you to accomplish’; you are fit to be cursed, O foolish one. In your heart, weigh what is proper to place and time—your own strength and also the strength of others.

Word by Word

• sva-sādhyam: what is proper for yourself
• sva-sādhyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व) + sādhya (साध्य; √sādh साध्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘one’s own attainable/appropriate (thing)’

• brūṣe: you speak
• brūṣe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘you say/speak’

• mohāt: out of delusion
• mohāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (मोह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ‘from delusion’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; (सर्वनाम)

• śāpa-yogyaḥ: fit to be cursed
• śāpa-yogyaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāpa (शाप) + yogya (योग्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘fit for a curse’

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘you are’

• bāliśa: O fool
• bāliśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāliśa (बालिश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• deśa-kāla-ucitam: appropriate to place and time
• deśa-kāla-ucitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deśa (देश) + kāla (काल) + ucita (उचित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘appropriate to place and time’

• svīyam: your own
• svīyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svīya (स्वीय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘one’s own’

• parasya: of another (person)
• parasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (पर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of another’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• balam: strength
• balam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (बल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hṛdā: in your heart
• hṛdā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (हृद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘with/in the heart’

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing rebuke)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā delivers measured yet cutting instruction: do not speak from delusion; weigh time, place, and relative strength—an ethical lesson framed as a warning of curse-worthiness.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires discernment (viveka): act after considering time, place, and relative capacities rather than ego-driven speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is ethical instruction.