Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

किं पुनर्यो द्विषत्येनं लोकालोकप्रभुं हरिम् । स सुखी वर्तते कालं न निमेषं मतं मम

Transliteration

kiṃ punaryo dviṣatyenaṃ lokālokaprabhuṃ harim | sa sukhī vartate kālaṃ na nimeṣaṃ mataṃ mama

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ലോക-അലോകങ്ങളുടെ പ്രഭുവായ ഹരിയെ ദ്വേഷിക്കുന്നവൻ, എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായത്തിൽ, ഒരു നിമിഷം പോലും സന്തോഷത്തോടെ നിലനിൽക്കാൻ കഴിയില്ല।

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Discourse (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Discourse (सम्बोधन/उपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यार्थक (again/further)

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

• द्विषति: hates
• द्विषति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लोकालोकप्रभुम्: the lord of the world and the beyond
• लोकालोकप्रभुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + अलोक + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य च अलोकस्य च प्रभुः)

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वर्तते: remains/exists
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कालम्: for (a) time
• कालम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-द्वितीया (accusative of duration)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• निमेषम्: even a moment
• निमेषम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-द्वितीया

• मतम्: (is) the opinion
• मतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन्/मन्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used as noun: 'opinion')

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara / Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kambu-tīrtha (context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (implied across the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: a divine figure admonishes against hatred of Hari; Hari appears as cosmic lord spanning manifest/unmanifest realms, while a hateful figure is shown restless and joyless.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Lokāloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hatred toward the divine sustainer destroys inner peace; well-being is inseparable from alignment with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a universal ethical-theological maxim within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes an inner discipline—freedom from hostility toward Hari—as essential to happiness.