Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

भवति स्पर्शनात्तस्य किमेतेन कृतामलम् । यथा दुर्जनसंसर्गात्सुजनो याति लाघवम्

Transliteration

bhavati sparśanāttasya kimetena kṛtāmalam | yathā durjanasaṃsargātsujano yāti lāghavam

Translation

Par le contact avec lui, il en est ainsi ; que dire alors de la souillure qu’il engendre ? De même que, par la fréquentation des méchants, même l’homme de bien est rabaissé.

Word by Word

• भवति: arises, happens
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• स्पर्शनात्: from contact
• स्पर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थ (interrogative)

• एतेन: by this (one)
• एतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• कृतामलम्: purified, cleansed
• कृतामलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृतं अमलं येन/यत् = made pure/cleansed)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (as)

• दुर्जनसंसर्गात्: from association with the wicked
• दुर्जनसंसर्गात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्जन + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दुर्जनस्य संसर्गः = association with the wicked)

• सुजनः: a good person
• सुजनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• याति: goes, comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• लाघवम्: lightness; decline (loss of dignity)
• लाघवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reflective didactic tableau: a virtuous person shown being pulled down by proximity to a wicked companion, contrasted with a serene figure choosing holy company—visualizing the proverb-like simile.

Characters & Entities

• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Company influences destiny; avoiding the wicked and seeking the virtuous is a core dharmic safeguard.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; it is a general dharma teaching embedded in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it recommends ethical discernment in association rather than a formal rite.