Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अथवा विनिवेद्यं च क्रियते यत्परस्परम् । अनिवेद्य च तां राजन्कुर्वाणो विघ्नमेष्यति

Transliteration

athavā vinivedyaṃ ca kriyate yatparasparam | anivedya ca tāṃ rājankurvāṇo vighnameṣyati

Translation

അല്ലെങ്കിൽ, ഹേ രാജാവേ! പരസ്പര ഇടപാടുകളിൽ ചെയ്യുന്നതെല്ലാം ആദ്യം ദേവിക്കു നിവേദ്യം ചെയ്ത് മാത്രമേ ചെയ്യാവൂ. അവളെ നിവേദ്യമാക്കാതെ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ തീർച്ചയായും വിഘ്നങ്ങളെ അനുഭവിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or, otherwise
• अथवा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-समुच्चय/विकल्प (disjunctive particle: “or/otherwise”)

• विनिवेद्यम्: to be informed (as something that should be reported)
• विनिवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-विद् (धातु) → विनिवेद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “to be informed/announced”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction “and”)

• क्रियते: is done, is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun “that which”)

• परस्परम्: mutually, to one another
• परस्परम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative); “mutually/each other”

• अनिवेद्य: without informing
• अनिवेद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-नि-विद् (धातु) → अनिवेद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थ (absolutive/gerund); “not having informed”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• ताम्: her/that (fem.)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• कुर्वाणः: doing (so), while doing
• कुर्वाणः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (acting/doing)

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, hindrance
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एष्यति: will go to/meet with, will incur
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage instructs that all mutual dealings must be preceded by offering to the presiding Devī; a small shrine in a forest-kshetra, with ritual tray ready, suggesting ‘permission before action’.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Dharmaputrikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Begin undertakings with reverent offering and acknowledgement of the Goddess; negligence invites obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting; the verse focuses on ritual protocol rather than naming a separate tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To 'vinivedya'—formally offer/submit first to the Goddess before proceeding with actions.