Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तथान्येषु च यज्ञेषु सम्यक्छंकाविवर्जितः । तस्माद्दुष्टसमाचार सर्वभक्षो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tathānyeṣu ca yajñeṣu samyakchaṃkāvivarjitaḥ | tasmādduṣṭasamācāra sarvabhakṣo bhaviṣyasi

Translation

また他の祭祀においても、正しき慎みをまったく欠くがゆえに、ゆえに汝は—邪なる振る舞いにより—分別なく一切を食らう者となる。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक) — ‘thus/likewise’

• अन्येषु: in other
• अन्येषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन — ‘in other (ones)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction ‘and’

• यज्ञेषु: in sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन — locative plural

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘properly/rightly’

• शङ्काविवर्जितः: free from doubt
• शङ्काविवर्जितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṅkā (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-varjita (वर्ज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘devoid of doubt’; समासः (तत्पुरुषः: शङ्कया विवर्जितः)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत (ablative adverbial) — ‘therefore/from that’

• दुष्टसमाचार: O evil-conducted one
• दुष्टसमाचार: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + samācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative; समासः (कर्मधारयः: दुष्टः समाचरः/समाचारः)

• सर्वभक्षः: an eater of everything
• सर्वभक्षः: Predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘eating everything’; समासः (तत्पुरुषः: सर्वं भक्षयति)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन — ‘you will become’

Speaker

Unspecified (continuing the curse directed at a ritual entity, likely Agni from prior verse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni and priests depicted with a shift from dignified ritual order to chaotic, indiscriminate acceptance—offerings of all kinds piled, suggesting ‘sarvabhakṣa’; faces show loss of discernment.

Characters & Entities

• yajña
• sarvabhakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action without ethical discernment becomes spiritually degrading; dharma requires inner restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it condemns careless participation in rites.