Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

वचनं मे समुल्लंघ्य कुरुते योऽन्यथा नरः । तस्य तत्कर्मणो विघ्नं भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

vacanaṃ me samullaṃghya kurute yo'nyathā naraḥ | tasya tatkarmaṇo vighnaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

എന്റെ വചനം ലംഘിച്ച് മറ്റെങ്ങനെ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യന്, അവന്റെ അതേ പ്രവർത്തിയിൽ തന്നെ വിഘ്നം ഉണ്ടാകും—സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• वचनम्: command; word
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• समुल्लङ्घ्य: having transgressed
• समुल्लङ्घ्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उल्लङ्घ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय, gerund): having transgressed/overstepped

• कुरुते: does; acts
• कुरुते: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

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

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): otherwise, differently

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

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• तत्कर्मणः: of that act
• तत्कर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘तत्कर्मन्’ = that act/deed; ‘-णः’ = of

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will occur; will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not; no
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; idiom: ‘no doubt’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified authority figure within the narrative (likely the same figure prescribing Bakulārka–Śrīmātṛ first-share rule; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher/authority figure issues a firm injunction; in a contrasting vignette, a man ignores it and faces symbolic obstacles—broken tools, storm clouds, halted procession—within a sacred forest setting.

Characters & Entities

• Vighna (obstacle)
• Vacana (injunction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma works through niyama (disciplined observance); disregarding sacred injunctions invites disruption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where local injunctions are given special weight for the success of rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A strict warning to follow the stated instruction (such as giving the first share to the presiding deities); otherwise vighnas arise.