Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

कुशीलश्चैव काणश्च वृषलीपतिरेव च । पौनर्भवश्च कानीनः कितवो मद्यपस्तथा

Transliteration

kuśīlaścaiva kāṇaśca vṛṣalīpatireva ca | paunarbhavaśca kānīnaḥ kitavo madyapastathā

Translation

Likewise to be avoided are: the ill-conducted, the one-eyed, the husband of a śūdra-woman, one born of a remarried woman, an illegitimate son, a gambler, and a drinker of intoxicants.

Word by Word

• kuśīlaḥ: ill-natured person
• kuśīlaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ku-śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘कु’ + ‘शील’—दुष्टशीलः

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• kāṇaḥ: one-eyed, squint-eyed
• kāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘काण’ (एकाक्षि/कुब्जदृष्टि)

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

• vṛṣalīpatiḥ: husband of a śūdra woman
• vṛṣalīpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृषल्याः पतिः)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

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

• paunarbhavaḥ: one born of a remarriage / remarried person
• paunarbhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paunarbhava (प्रातिपदिक; punar-bhū से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पौनर्भव’ (पुनर्विवाह/पुनर्भवसम्बन्धी)

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

• kānīnaḥ: illegitimate son (born of an unmarried girl)
• kānīnaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘कानीन’ (कन्याजन्यः—अविवाहितायाः पुत्रः)

• kitavaḥ: gambler, cheat
• kitavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kitava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• madyapaḥ: drunkard
• madyapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madya + pa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मद्यं पिबति)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa consults elders on whom to give alms; shadowed figures representing censured recipients stand aside, while worthy brāhmaṇas and ascetics receive with calm dignity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha emphasizes disciplined life; addictive and unethical behaviors are treated as incompatible with sacred offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the māhātmya teaches how to preserve the sanctity of offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A continuation of the exclusion list for those not to be honored/invited in śrāddha and related rites.