Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

यो नरोऽन्यस्य वासांसि कूपोद्यानगृहाणि च । अदत्तान्युपयुंजानः स तत्पापतुरीयभाक्

Transliteration

yo naro'nyasya vāsāṃsi kūpodyānagṛhāṇi ca | adattānyupayuṃjānaḥ sa tatpāpaturīyabhāk

Translation

L’homme qui use des vêtements, des puits, des jardins ou des maisons d’autrui sans qu’ils lui aient été donnés (sans permission) devient participant au quart du péché de ce propriétaire.

Word by Word

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

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अन्यस्य: of another (person)
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वासांसि: clothes/garments
• वासांसि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• कूपोद्यानगृहाणि: wells, gardens, and houses
• कूपोद्यानगृहाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप + उद्यान + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अदत्तानि: not given (ungranted)
• अदत्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदत्त (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + क्त; नञ्-पूर्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नकारार्थ (not given)

• उपयुञ्जानः: using/enjoying
• उपयुञ्जानः: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √युज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्पापतुरीयभाक्: a sharer of one-fourth of that sin
• तत्पापतुरीयभाक्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् + पाप + तुरीय + भाक् (प्रातिपदिक; भाक् = √भज् (धातु) + क्विप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-समास; भाक्-शब्दः कर्तरि (one who partakes)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa is shown hesitating before drawing water from a well and entering a garden/house; an elder points to the act of asking permission, while a subtle shadow motif suggests ‘pāpa-bhāga’ when one takes without consent.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires respect for others’ property and consent; benefiting from wrongful possession makes one complicit in sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya integrates pilgrimage glory with strict everyday ethics.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; rather, an ethical rule is stated: using another’s goods without permission incurs a defined share of pāpa.