Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

यो नरोऽन्यस्य वासांसि कूपोद्यानगृहाणि च । अदत्तान्युपयुंजानः स तत्पापतुरीयभाक्

Transliteration

yo naro'nyasya vāsāṃsi kūpodyānagṛhāṇi ca | adattānyupayuṃjānaḥ sa tatpāpaturīyabhāk

Translation

ಇತರರ ವಸ್ತ್ರಗಳು, ಬಾವಿ, ತೋಟ ಅಥವಾ ಮನೆಗಳನ್ನು ದಾನ/ಅನುಮತಿ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುವವನು, ಅವರ ಪಾಪದ ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಭಾಗಕ್ಕೆ ಪಾಲುದಾರನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अन्यस्य: of another (person)
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वासांसि: clothes/garments
• वासांसि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• कूपोद्यानगृहाणि: wells, gardens, and houses
• कूपोद्यानगृहाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप + उद्यान + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अदत्तानि: not given (ungranted)
• अदत्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदत्त (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + क्त; नञ्-पूर्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नकारार्थ (not given)

• उपयुञ्जानः: using/enjoying
• उपयुञ्जानः: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + √युज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्पापतुरीयभाक्: a sharer of one-fourth of that sin
• तत्पापतुरीयभाक्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् + पाप + तुरीय + भाक् (प्रातिपदिक; भाक् = √भज् (धातु) + क्विप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-समास; भाक्-शब्दः कर्तरि (one who partakes)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa is shown hesitating before drawing water from a well and entering a garden/house; an elder points to the act of asking permission, while a subtle shadow motif suggests ‘pāpa-bhāga’ when one takes without consent.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires respect for others’ property and consent; benefiting from wrongful possession makes one complicit in sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya integrates pilgrimage glory with strict everyday ethics.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; rather, an ethical rule is stated: using another’s goods without permission incurs a defined share of pāpa.