Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यस्तु लोपयते मूढो दत्तं वः पृथिवीतले । नरके तस्य वासः स्याद्यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम्

Transliteration

yastu lopayate mūḍho dattaṃ vaḥ pṛthivītale | narake tasya vāsaḥ syādyāvadābhūtasamplavam

Translation

Mais l’insensé qui détruit ou annule ce qui vous a été donné sur la terre aura demeure en enfer jusqu’à la dissolution des êtres créés.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: but / however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• lopayate: destroys / makes disappear
• lopayate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lup (लुप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense possible in usage (to cause to disappear)

• mūḍhaḥ: the deluded one
• mūḍhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūḍha (मूढ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (कर्तृ-विशेषण)

• dattam: what has been given (a grant)
• dattam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: datta (दा धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (given thing)

• vaḥ: of you (plural)
• vaḥ: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• pṛthivī-tale: on the surface of the earth
• pṛthivī-tale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (पृथिवी प्रातिपदिक) + tala (तल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (पृथिव्याः तलम्)

• narake: in hell
• narake: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (नरक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• vāsaḥ: dwelling / residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (वास प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• yāvat: until / as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limit/पर्यन्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (पर्यन्तवाचक; until)

• ābhūta-samplavam: the cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
• ābhūta-samplavam: Karma (Extent as object/पर्यन्त-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābhūta (ā + bhūta प्रातिपदिक) + samplava (सम्प्लव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (आभूतः सम्प्लवः = प्रलयः)

Speaker

Kṛṣṇa (Hari/Janārdana) speaking (within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deluded person nullifies a grant on earth; the scene shifts to a dark naraka realm indicating long punishment until dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Hell (Naraka)
• Dāna (grant)
• Cosmic dissolution (samplava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violating or obstructing rightful gifts is a grave adharma with severe consequences; dharma requires protecting what has been dedicated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred narrative frame continues, stressing the inviolability of tīrtha-connected donations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prohibition: do not annul or destroy a valid donation/endowment made to worthy recipients.