Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

वाङ्मनः कायशुद्धाश्च परदारपराङ्मुखाः । अद्रोहाश्च समाः क्रुद्धा मातापितृपरायणाः

Transliteration

vāṅmanaḥ kāyaśuddhāśca paradāraparāṅmukhāḥ | adrohāśca samāḥ kruddhā mātāpitṛparāyaṇāḥ

Translation

അവർ വാക്ക്, മനസ്, ശരീരം എന്നിവയിൽ ശുദ്ധരാകുന്നു; പരസ്ത്രീകളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുഖരാകുന്നു; ദ്രോഹരഹിതർ, കോപത്തിലും സമഭാവമുള്ളവർ, മാതാപിതാക്കൾക്ക് പരായണരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• vāk-manaḥ-kāya-śuddhāḥ: pure in speech, mind, and body
• vāk-manaḥ-kāya-śuddhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक) + śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समाहार/तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘वाचा मनसा कायेन च शुद्धाः’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; pure in speech, mind, and body)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• para-dāra-para-āṅmukhāḥ: averse to others’ wives
• para-dāra-para-āṅmukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक) + āṅmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘परदारेभ्यः पराङ्मुखाः’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; turned away from others’ wives)

• a-drohāḥ: non-violent, without malice
• a-drohāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + droha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; नञ्-समासार्थः (Masculine, Nominative plural; non-hostile)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• samāḥ: equanimous
• samāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural; even-minded)

• kruddhāḥ: angry
• kruddhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √krudh (क्रुध्) (कृदन्त—क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Masculine, Nominative plural; ‘angered’)

• mātā-pitṛ-parāyaṇāḥ: devoted to parents
• mātā-pitṛ-parāyaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘मातापित्रोः परायणाः’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; devoted to mother and father)

Speaker

Vyāsa (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerging from a sacred grove transformed: calm faces, folded hands, parents seated receiving reverent service; a symbolic triad (speech-scroll, mind-lotus, body-lamp) shines above them.

Characters & Entities

• Mother
• Father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification expresses as tri-fold purity (speech–mind–body), fidelity, non-hatred, equanimity, and reverence for parents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Dharmāraṇya—the place whose sanctity is said to foster such inner and outer purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it describes the ethical outcomes/marks of those purified by dharma and sacred association.