Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तथैवापेयपेयाश्च ये च स्वगुरुनिन्दकाः । निषेधका ये दानानां पात्रदानपराङ्मुखाः

Transliteration

tathaivāpeyapeyāśca ye ca svagurunindakāḥ | niṣedhakā ye dānānāṃ pātradānaparāṅmukhāḥ

Translation

കുടിക്കരുതാത്തതു കുടിക്കുന്നവർ, സ്വന്തം ഗുരുവിനെ നിന്ദിക്കുന്നവർ; ദാനകർമ്മങ്ങളെ തടയുന്നവർ, യോഗ്യപാത്രർക്കു ദാനം നൽകുന്നതിൽ നിന്ന് പിന്തിരിയുന്നവർ—അവരും ഇവിടെ ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• apeyapeyāḥ: drinkers of forbidden drinks
• apeyapeyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apeya (प्रातिपदिक; a- + √pā ‘to drink’, य-प्रत्यय; ‘not to be drunk’) + peya (प्रातिपदिक; √pā, य-प्रत्यय; ‘drinkable’)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘drinkers of what should not be drunk (and) drinkable’ (context: illicit drinking)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• svagurunindakāḥ: slanderers of their own guru
• svagurunindakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक) + nindaka (प्रातिपदिक; √nind धातु)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sva-guroḥ nindakaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• niṣedhakāḥ: prohibitors/obstructors
• niṣedhakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣedhaka (प्रातिपदिक; नि-√sidh/√sedh ‘to forbid’, ण्वुल्/अक-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• dānānām: of gifts/charity
• dānānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• pātradānaparāṅmukhāḥ: turned away from giving to worthy recipients
• pātradānaparāṅmukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāṅmukha (प्रातिपदिक; para + āṅ + mukha ‘turned away’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (pātre dāne parāṅmukhāḥ / pātradānāt parāṅmukhāḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), inferred

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages / Revā-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ghat scene where a former drunkard pours out a liquor vessel onto dry ground (renunciation), then bathes; another man who once blocked charity now helps distribute food to pilgrims; a guru figure is honored with flowers; Revā flows steadily as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Dāna
• Pātra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by self-restraint and support of charity; disrespect to the guru and blocking dāna are treated as serious moral failures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā tīrtha-region (Narmadā) is the setting in which such sinners are later said to find release through divine grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna is highlighted: giving to worthy recipients (pātra-dāna) and not obstructing charity.