Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तदस्यापि कृते पापं शत्रुषड्वर्गनिर्जिताः । कथंकारं न लज्जन्ते कुर्वाणा नृपसत्तम

Transliteration

tadasyāpi kṛte pāpaṃ śatruṣaḍvarganirjitāḥ | kathaṃkāraṃ na lajjante kurvāṇā nṛpasattama

Translation

उसके लिए भी पाप किया जाता है—जो काम, क्रोध आदि छह शत्रुओं से पराजित हैं। हे नृपश्रेष्ठ, ऐसे कर्म करते हुए वे लज्जा क्यों नहीं करते?

Word by Word

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Sambandha/Anvaya (correlative reference)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/अदस्-सम्बद्ध ‘अस्य’ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive pronoun

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• कृते: in the act done / when done
• कृते: Adhikarana (locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘कृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative absolute sense ‘in/when (it is) done’

• पापम्: sin, evil
• पापम्: Karma (object) / or Predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• शत्रु-षड्वर्ग-निर्जिताः: those conquered by the sixfold enemy-group
• शत्रु-षड्वर्ग-निर्जिताः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + षड्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक; षट्+वर्ग) + निर्जित (कृदन्त, नि√जि धातु)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1), पुंलिङ्ग; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘निर्जित’ विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शत्रुषड्वर्गेण निर्जिताः)

• कथंकारम्: how/why (the ‘how’ factor), the question ‘how’
• कथंकारम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• लज्जन्ते: are ashamed
• लज्जन्ते: Kriya (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कुर्वाणाः: doing, performing
• कुर्वाणाः: Karta (agent, participial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठो नृपः)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses a king seated in court; behind them, allegorical figures of the six inner enemies tug at a human mind, while the sage points to the heart as the seat of discernment.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin arises when the six inner enemies dominate; dharma requires self-control and moral shame.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; it is an ethical admonition within a sage–king dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies inner discipline (dama) and vigilance over passions.