Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

प्रतिग्रहश्च वै घोरः षष्ठांऽशफलदस्तथा । एवं ब्रुवति तस्मिंश्च हारीतोनाम चाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

pratigrahaśca vai ghoraḥ ṣaṣṭhāṃ'śaphaladastathā | evaṃ bruvati tasmiṃśca hārītonāma cābravīt

Translation

「分別なく施しを受け取ることはまことに恐ろしい。得られる果も六分の一にすぎぬ。」そう語る彼に、ハーリタという者が答えた。

Word by Word

• प्रतिग्रहः: accepting gifts (receiving)
• प्रतिग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/उपपद-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• घोरः: terrible
• घोरः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रतिग्रहः)

• षष्ठांशफलदः: giving the fruit of a sixth part
• षष्ठांशफलदः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ-अंश-फल-द (प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठ + अंश + फल + द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रतिग्रहः); अर्थः: षष्ठांशस्य फलम् ददाति इति

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus')

• ब्रुवति: (when he) speaks
• ब्रुवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in/at that (time/person)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• हारीतः: Hārīta
• हारीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Nipāta (Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (particle indicating name)

• च: also/and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice introducing Hārīta; doctrinal statement attributed to the ongoing discussion

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sober exchange among sages: one speaks about the dreadfulness of pratigraha; another sage, Hārīta, prepares to respond, indicating a learned debate on dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes ethical boundaries: indiscriminate gift-acceptance is spiritually dangerous and reduces merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Stambhatīrtha-focused narrative frame of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It addresses dāna/pratigraha ethics—how charity and acceptance should be handled to preserve spiritual fruit.