Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

श्मशानवत्परित्याज्यः सत्यधर्मबहिष्कृतः । सत्यवागसि भद्रं ते मा विचालय देवताः

Transliteration

śmaśānavatparityājyaḥ satyadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ | satyavāgasi bhadraṃ te mā vicālaya devatāḥ

Translation

Celui qui est retranché de la vérité et du dharma doit être évité comme un lieu de crémation. Mais toi, tu es véridique en parole : que le bien t’échoie ; ne trouble pas les dieux.

Word by Word

• श्मशानवत्: like a cremation ground
• श्मशानवत्: Avyaya (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्मशान (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (adverbial: 'like a cremation-ground')

• परित्याज्यः: to be abandoned
• परित्याज्यः: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्तव्य (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘to be abandoned’

• सत्यधर्मबहिष्कृतः: cast out from truth and righteousness
• सत्यधर्मबहिष्कृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-धर्म-बहिष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक); सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘excluded from truth and dharma’

• सत्यवाक्: truth-speaking
• सत्यवाक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-वाच् (प्रातिपदिक); सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (stem: वाच्; nom. sg. वाक्)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/अस्ति-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भद्रम्: good fortune/welfare
• भद्रम्: Ashirvada (Benediction/आशीः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक प्रयोग

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन (dative singular: 'to you/for you')

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)

• विचालय: shake/move
• विचालय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चल् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (admonishing; inferred from flow into vākpāśa theme)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dānavendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral contrast: the shadowy cremation-ground symbol behind an adharma-figure, while the addressed Dānava is shown with a clear, truthful face; devas in the background remain undisturbed.

Characters & Entities

• Devatās (gods)
• Satya
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth and dharma are the standard of worth; one who rejects them is to be avoided, and even the powerful must not harass the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on moral conduct (satya-dharma) within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it gives ethical guidance—maintain truthfulness and refrain from offending the devatās.