Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

न तस्य वाक्यं श्रोतव्यं निर्णीतार्थनिवारणे । यस्य वर्जस्तु क्रियते मिलित्वा सर्व वाडवैः

Transliteration

na tasya vākyaṃ śrotavyaṃ nirṇītārthanivāraṇe | yasya varjastu kriyate militvā sarva vāḍavaiḥ

Translation

Qu’on n’écoute pas la parole de celui qui cherche à renverser une affaire déjà jugée avec droiture — celui que toute la communauté, assemblée, a solennellement exclu.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tasya: of him/that person
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vākyaṃ: statement, speech
• vākyaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrotavyam: to be listened to
• śrotavyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• nirṇītārthanivāraṇe: in the obstruction of an already-decided matter
• nirṇītārthanivāraṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirṇīta (नि√नी/निर्णी + क्त) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + nivāraṇa (नि√वृ/वार् + ल्युट्)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘निर्णीत-अर्थ-निवारण’ इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• varjaḥ: avoidance, exclusion
• varjaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• kriyate: is done, is performed
• kriyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• militvā: having joined/assembled
• militvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mil (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• sarva: all
• sarva: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘vāḍavaiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• vāḍavaiḥ: with all the Vāḍavas (a group/people)
• vāḍavaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent-group/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual dharma-instruction; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A village or sabhā hall where elders have concluded a judgment; a disgraced man attempts to speak, but the assembly turns away, signifying formal exclusion and protection of settled justice.

Characters & Entities

• vāḍava (community/assembly)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected when settled justice is respected and disruptive, censured voices are not allowed to subvert rightful decisions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as dharma-instruction within Dharmāraṇya rather than directly praising a named tīrtha in the line itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it lays down a social-legal rule about ignoring attempts to overturn a decided judgment.