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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

दूरतोऽसौ द्विजस्त्याज्य आत्मनः श्रेय इच्छता । हीनाङ्गानतिरिक्ताङ्गान् येषां पूर्वापरं न हि

Transliteration

dūrato'sau dvijastyājya ātmanaḥ śreya icchatā | hīnāṅgānatiriktāṅgān yeṣāṃ pūrvāparaṃ na hi

Translation

Un tel « deux-fois-né » doit être évité de loin par celui qui cherche son propre bien : ceux dont les membres sont défectueux ou au contraire anormaux et en excès, et ceux qui n’ont nul sens de l’ordre ni de la bienséance.

Word by Word
दूरतःfrom afar
दूरतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूरतः (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
असौthat (person)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन / Pronoun, nominative singular
द्विजःa twice-born (Brāhmaṇa etc.)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन / Masculine, nominative singular
त्याज्यःto be avoided
त्याज्यः:
Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्यज् (धातु) → त्याज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन / Gerundive (yat), masculine, nominative singular
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन / Masculine, genitive singular
श्रेयःwelfare, the good
श्रेयः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन / Neuter, accusative singular
इच्छताby one desiring
इच्छता:
Karta (Agent in instrumental/कर्ता-करणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootइष् (धातु) → इच्छत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन / Present participle (śatṛ), masculine, instrumental singular
हीनdeficient
हीन:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन) / Masculine, accusative plural (as compound member)
अङ्गान्limbs/parts
अङ्गान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन / Neuter, accusative plural
अतिरिक्तexcessive, superfluous
अतिरिक्त:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + रिक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन) / Masculine, accusative plural (as compound member)
अङ्गान्limbs/parts
अङ्गान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन / Neuter, accusative plural
येषाम्of whom/whose
येषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन / Pronoun, genitive plural
पूर्वformer, earlier
पूर्व:
Viśeṣya component (compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन) / Neuter, nominative/accusative singular (as compound member)
अपरम्latter, subsequent
अपरम्:
Karma/Pratipādya (Object/Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन / Neuter, nominative/accusative singular
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic/causal particle)
Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim or patron stands at a distance, respectfully declining association with an undisciplined would-be officiant; the scene emphasizes restraint and discernment rather than hostility.

Characters & Entities
D
dvija

FAQs

Discernment in religious giving protects one’s spiritual merit; not every claimant is a fit recipient.

The instruction is embedded in the Someshvara-focused Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

To avoid certain categories of persons when selecting participants/recipients for sacred rites.

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