Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

कलहोत्पादने दक्षा धनिनो मानिनस्तथा । सर्वदैव प्रदुष्टाश्च दुष्टसंगरतास्तथा

Transliteration

kalahotpādane dakṣā dhanino māninastathā | sarvadaiva praduṣṭāśca duṣṭasaṃgaratāstathā

Translation

അവർ കലഹം ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നതിൽ ദക്ഷർ, ധനവാന്മാരായിട്ടും അഭിമാനികൾ; എപ്പോഴും ദുഷ്പ്രവൃത്തിയുള്ളവർ, ദുഷ്ടരുടെ സംഗതിയിലും ആസക്തിയിലും പതിഞ്ഞവർ.

Word by Word

• कलहोत्पादने: in producing quarrels
• कलहोत्पादने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलह-उत्पादन (प्रातिपदिक; कलह + उत्पादन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• दक्षाः: skilled
• दक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• धनिनः: wealthy
• धनिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• मानिनः: proud, self-respecting
• मानिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारबोधक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time: always)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• प्रदुष्टाः: thoroughly corrupt/evil
• प्रदुष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√दुष् (धातु) + क्त (प्रदुष्ट, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुष्टसंगरताः: engaged in wicked conflicts/associations
• दुष्टसंगरताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट-संगर-त (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्ट + संगर + त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (संगरत=संगरयुक्त/संगरशील)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारबोधक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta-type purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: a wealthy brāhmaṇa stirring dispute between two groups, pointing and whispering; shadowy figures of ‘duṣṭa-saṅga’ behind him; in contrast, a small circle of sādhus in sat-saṅga under a tree.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth without humility and good company becomes a cause of downfall; association with the wicked amplifies inner corruption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical description discouraging quarrel, pride, and evil association.