Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

येषामध्ययनं नास्ति ये च केचिदनग्नयः । कुलं वाऽश्रोत्रियं येषां ते सर्वे शूद्रजातयः

Transliteration

yeṣāmadhyayanaṃ nāsti ye ca kecidanagnayaḥ | kulaṃ vā'śrotriyaṃ yeṣāṃ te sarve śūdrajātayaḥ

Translation

Ceux en qui il n’y a pas d’étude (du savoir sacré) et ceux qui n’entretiennent pas les feux sacrés—dont la lignée n’est pas śrotriya (sans tradition védique)—tous ceux-là sont tenus pour de condition śūdra.

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• अध्ययनम्: study (Vedic learning)
• अध्ययनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (‘some’)

• अनग्नयः: those without sacred fires
• अनग्नयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘अग्निहोत्रादि-अनुष्ठान-रहिताः’

• कुलम्: family/lineage
• कुलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• अश्रोत्रियम्: non-śrotriya (not learned in Veda)
• अश्रोत्रियम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-श्रोत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपपद-निषेध (‘not śrotriya’)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• शूद्रजातयः: of śūdra birth / śūdras
• शूद्रजातयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘शूद्रस्य जातिः’ = śūdra-born/śūdra caste)

Speaker

Unknown (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lineage hall with empty teacher-seat; a dvija without sacred fire sits with unused ladles; Vedic books lie closed; a sage points to the extinguished agni as symbol of lost discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (sacred fires)
• Śrotriya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual identity is tied to disciplined practice—study and sacred duties—not merely to claim or label.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya context frames these norms as part of tīrtha-centered dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sustain adhyayana (study) and maintain household sacred fires as part of orthodox duty.