Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
वेदविक्रयकर्तारो ब्राह्मणाः शौचवर्जिताः
Transliteration
vedavikrayakartāro brāhmaṇāḥ śaucavarjitāḥ
Translation
Para Brāhmaṇa akan menjadi penjual Weda, dan kehilangan kesucian serta kebersihan yang semestinya.
Word by Word
वेदविक्रयकर्तारःsellers of the Veda
वेदविक्रयकर्तारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद + विक्रय + कर्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्तृवाचक-तृप्रत्यय; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुष (determinative: “sellers of the Veda”)
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural)
शौचवर्जिताःdevoid of cleanliness/purity
शौचवर्जिताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशौच + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुष (determinative: “devoid of purity”)
Speaker
Unknown (contextual narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
FAQs
Sacred knowledge should not be commodified; purity (śauca) and integrity are essential for custodians of dharma.
None is named in this verse; it is a general Kali-yuga critique within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.
No rite is prescribed; the verse condemns veda-vikraya and the loss of śauca.