Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

हृतस्वश्चान्यचित्तश्च शून्याह्येते भवंति च । तदेषु मतिमान्कोपं न कुर्वीत यदि त्वया

Transliteration

hṛtasvaścānyacittaśca śūnyāhyete bhavaṃti ca | tadeṣu matimānkopaṃ na kurvīta yadi tvayā

Translation

—de même celui dont les biens ont été volés, ou dont l’esprit est fixé ailleurs : ceux-là deviennent vraiment « vides ». C’est pourquoi, si tu es sage, ne tourne pas ta colère contre eux.

Word by Word

• हृतस्वः: one whose own (sense) is taken away; deprived of self-control
• हृतस्वः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हृ धातु) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘हृत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) from हृ (to take away); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अन्यचित्तः: distracted, of another mind
• अन्यचित्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (“other-minded/with a different mind”); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• शून्याः: empty, void (in mind)
• शून्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (or common); प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भवन्ति: become/are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तत्: therefore/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Anaphoric/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (as adverbial: “therefore/that”)

• एषु: in these (states/people)
• एषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• मतिमान्: a wise person
• मतिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मतिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• कुर्वीत: should do/make
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (should do)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Hārīta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm admonition: the wise should not become angry at people rendered mentally vacant by sleep, fear, desire, grief, theft, or distraction; Nārada receives the counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Practice forbearance: those overwhelmed by loss or distraction lack inner stability; anger toward them is adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; it is a universal dharma guideline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes an ethical discipline—restraint of kopa (anger).