Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

नेर्ष्युः स्यान्न कृतघ्नः स्यान्न परद्रोहकर्मधीः । न पाणिपादचपलो न नेत्रचपलोऽनृजुः

Transliteration

nerṣyuḥ syānna kṛtaghnaḥ syānna paradrohakarmadhīḥ | na pāṇipādacapalo na netracapalo'nṛjuḥ

Translation

Que uno esté libre de envidia, que no sea ingrato y que no tenga la mente puesta en dañar a otros; que no sea inquieto en manos y pies, ni voluble en la mirada, ni torcido en su conducta.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• īrṣyuḥ: jealous
• īrṣyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īrṣyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• syāt: should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kṛtaghnaḥ: ungrateful
• kṛtaghnaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtaghna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• syāt: should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• paradrohakarmadhīḥ: one whose intent is to do harm to others
• paradrohakarmadhīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para-droha-karma-dhī (प्रातिपदिक: para + droha + karma + dhī)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (परस्य द्रोहः कर्म यस्य धिः/बुद्धिः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• pāṇipādacapalaḥ: restless in hands and feet
• pāṇipādacapalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāṇi-pāda-capala (प्रातिपदिक: pāṇi + pāda + capala)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (पाणि-पादयोः) + कर्मधारय (चपलः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• netracapalaḥ: restless-eyed
• netracapalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: netra-capala (प्रातिपदिक: netra + capala)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (चपलं नेत्रं यस्य/नेत्रचपलः)

• anṛjuḥ: not straightforward/crooked
• anṛjuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anṛju (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a temple corridor, a devotee stands with steady gaze and composed limbs, offering namaskāra; shadow-figures of envy and crookedness fade behind, symbolizing inner purification.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purity is shown through non-envy, gratitude, non-violence, and steady, straightforward behavior.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a general instruction on character (ācāra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; it prescribes ethical restraints as dharma.