Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

वयं सर्वे तथा भूतास्तापसानां फलप्रदाः । तदा हत्यान्विताः सर्वे भविष्यंति तपस्विनः

Transliteration

vayaṃ sarve tathā bhūtāstāpasānāṃ phalapradāḥ | tadā hatyānvitāḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti tapasvinaḥ

Translation

「我らは皆、苦行者に果実を授ける存在である。もし我らが『ハティヤー』に結びつけば、すべての修行者は穢れを被るであろう。」

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वयम्)

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• भूताः: having become
• भूताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having become/being’

• तापसानाम्: of ascetics
• तापसानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• फलप्रदाः: givers of fruits (results)
• फलप्रदाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (फलम् प्रददाति इति); विशेषण (वयम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• हत्या: with the sin of killing
• हत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘with/by (the) killing-sin’ (समासे पूर्वपदत्वेन)

• अन्विताः: endowed/tainted
• अन्विताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘endowed/associated (with)’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तपस्विनः)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• तपस्विनः: ascetics
• तपस्विनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

The Trees, replying to the Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified trees speak with concern: they are fruit-givers to ascetics; if burdened with hatyā, the tapasvins who rely on them will be stained.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛkṣāḥ (Trees)
• Devas
• Tāpasāḥ/Tapasvinaḥ (ascetics)
• Hatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is relational in Purāṇic ethics: the taint borne by one support-system of dharma can affect those who depend upon it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa frames the teaching within the Kedāra sacred landscape, though this verse discusses the moral ecology of ascetic life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implies concern for the purity of offerings/consumables used by ascetics.