Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

स्वकृतेन जनः सर्वो जनेन परिभूयते । अवश्यमर्थी प्राप्नोति खण्डनां शशिखंडभृत्

Transliteration

svakṛtena janaḥ sarvo janena paribhūyate | avaśyamarthī prāpnoti khaṇḍanāṃ śaśikhaṃḍabhṛt

Translation

Por las propias obras, todo hombre es humillado por los demás. Oh portador de la luna en la frente, quien busca el favor ajeno inevitablemente halla menosprecio.

Word by Word

• sva-kṛtena: by one’s own deed
• sva-kṛtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वेन कृतम्)

• janaḥ: a person
• janaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarvaḥ: every/entire
• sarvaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• janena: by (another) person/people
• janena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• paribhūyate: is humiliated/overpowered
• paribhūyate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे अर्थः ‘is overpowered/insulted’

• avaśyam: inevitably
• avaśyam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśyam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• arthī: one who seeks (something)
• arthī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अर्थी’ = इच्छुकः/याचकः

• prāpnoti: attains/gets
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• khaṇḍanām: breaking/ruin; humiliation
• khaṇḍanām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative)

• śaśi-khaṇḍa-bhṛt: O bearer of the moon-fragment (Śiva)
• śaśi-khaṇḍa-bhṛt: Sambodhana/Alambya (Addressed deity/आलम्ब्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhṛt (कृदन्त: भृ-धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शशिनः खण्डं बिभर्ति)

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī addresses Śiva (moon-crested) with stern composure; her gesture is instructive—raised hand or pointed palm—while Śiva listens, calm yet attentive; the atmosphere is didactic within a domestic divine setting.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā
• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Śaśikhaṇḍabhṛt

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma and conduct shape social outcomes; dharma values self-discipline over needy dependence that invites contempt.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is ethical instruction within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.