Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
तच्छ्रुत्वा बान्धवाः सर्वे कद्रूपुत्रास्तथैव च । न मन्यन्ते हितं कार्यं कृतं मात्रा विगर्हितम्
Transliteration
tacchrutvā bāndhavāḥ sarve kadrūputrāstathaiva ca | na manyante hitaṃ kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ mātrā vigarhitam
Translation
ഇതു കേട്ട് എല്ലാ ബന്ധുക്കളും—കദ്രൂയുടെ പുത്രന്മാരും—ഇത് ഹിതകരമായ പ്രവൃത്തിയെന്ന് കരുതിയില്ല; കാരണം മാതാവ് ചെയ്തതു നിന്ദ്യമായിരുന്നു.
Word by Word
तत्that (matter)
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative) एकवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त; क्त्वा (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)
बान्धवाःkinsmen/relatives
बान्धवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative) बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; विशेषण
कद्रूपुत्राःsons of Kadrū
कद्रूपुत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकद्रू-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक); कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (कद्रोः पुत्राः)
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
मन्यन्तेthink/consider
मन्यन्ते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (धातु)
Formलट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद
हितम्benefit/good
हितम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative) एकवचन
कार्यम्a deed/act
कार्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (हितं कार्यं = ‘beneficial act’)
कृतम्done
कृतम्:
Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (done/made)
मात्राby the mother
मात्रा:
Karana (Agentive instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental) एकवचन
विगर्हितम्censured
विगर्हितम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि√गर्ह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (censured/condemned)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Audience within Revā Khaṇḍa frame
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A gathering of relatives and serpent-sons reacting with disapproval; faces show concern and moral resistance; Kadrū’s act is implicitly censured.
Characters & Entities
K
KadrūK
Kadrūputras (Nāgas/serpents)FAQs
Even within a family, dharma may require disapproving a wrong act—truth is higher than partiality.
None; the verse highlights ethical evaluation within the narrative.
None.