Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

तासां तेनोपचारेण लोभदोषकृतेन वै । प्रनष्टा मधुना सार्धं कल्पवृक्षाः क्वचित्क्वचित्

Transliteration

tāsāṃ tenopacāreṇa lobhadoṣakṛtena vai | pranaṣṭā madhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacitkvacit

Translation

その振る舞いは貪りの過失より生じ、ところどころで、願いを叶えるカルパヴリクシャの樹々は蜜とともに失われていった。

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• उपचारेण: by that practice/usage
• उपचारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण

• लोभ-दोष-कृतेन: caused by the fault of greed
• लोभ-दोष-कृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातोः क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘लोभदोषेण कृतम्’ (done due to the fault of greed)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• प्र-नष्टाः: were destroyed/perished
• प्र-नष्टाः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + नश् (धातु) [क्त, कृदन्त]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) used predicatively

• मधुना: along with honey
• मधुना: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सहार्थे करण

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (together with)

• कल्प-वृक्षाः: the wish-fulfilling trees
• कल्प-वृक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘कल्पस्य वृक्षाः’ (wish-fulfilling trees)

• क्वचित्: somewhere
• क्वचित्: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (somewhere)

• क्वचित्: elsewhere
• क्वचित्: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (here and there)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kalpavṛkṣas fading or dissolving from the landscape; spilled honey, empty pots, and shocked people realizing the source is gone.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpavṛkṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine abundance is sustained by dharma; greed turns blessings into scarcity—karma converts misuse into loss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse conveys a general puranic moral about prosperity and greed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied prescription is alobha (freedom from greed) and right conduct.