Shloka 59 - Adhyaya 41 - Kaumarika Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | Kannada | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

भेत्ता तडागकूपानां संक्रमाणांरसस्य च । एकपंक्तिस्थितानां च पाकभेदं करोति यः

Transliteration

bhettā taḍāgakūpānāṃ saṃkramāṇāṃrasasya ca | ekapaṃktisthitānāṃ ca pākabhedaṃ karoti yaḥ

Translation

ಕೆರೆ-ಬಾವಿಗಳನ್ನು ಒಡೆಯುವವನು, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ದಾಟುವ ಸ್ಥಳ/ಸೇತು ಹಾಗೂ ಜಲವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹಾಳುಮಾಡುವವನು, ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದೇ ಪಂಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂತವರ ಭೋಜನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡುಗೆ/ಭಾಗಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇರ್ಪಡಿಸಿ ಭೇದ ಮಾಡುವವನು—ಅವನು ನಿಂದ್ಯ ಪಾಪಿ।

Word by Word

भेत्ताone who breaks/destroys

तडागकूपानाम्of ponds and wells

संक्रमाणाम्of bathing-steps/ghats

रसस्यof juice/essence (taste)

चand

एकपंक्तिस्थितानाम्of those seated in one row (in a communal meal)

चand

पाकभेदम्disruption/differentiation of the cooking/meal

करोतिdoes/makes

यःwho

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund/ghat (generic waterworks and crossings)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A civic-religious scene: pilgrims at a tank/stepwell and a river crossing; a villain damages a well or blocks a causeway; beside it, a communal meal line where a disruptor tries to separate cooking pots—contrasted with dharmic volunteers repairing and serving equally.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protecting shared resources and honoring social fairness are forms of dharma; harming them is a serious moral fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named, but the verse strongly implies reverence for water-reservoirs and crossings associated with pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes not to damage water facilities and not to create discriminatory divisions in communal meals.