Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्गोत्रे तु ये जाता पाकयज्ञरताः सदा । लोभिनः क्रोधिनश्चैव प्रजायन्ते बहुप्रजाः

Transliteration

asmingotre tu ye jātā pākayajñaratāḥ sadā | lobhinaḥ krodhinaścaiva prajāyante bahuprajāḥ

Translation

എന്നാൽ ഈ ഗോത്രത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച ചിലർ എപ്പോഴും പാകയജ്ഞാദി ഗൃഹ്യകർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ മാത്രം ആസക്തരായിരിക്കും; അവർ ലോഭികളും ക്രോധികളും ആയി, അനേകം സന്താനങ്ങളുള്ളവരായി മാറുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गोत्रे: gotra/lineage
• गोत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (born)

• पाक-यज्ञ-रताः: devoted to pākayajñas
• पाक-यज्ञ-रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘पाकयज्ञेषु रताः’ (devoted to pākayajñas/domestic rites)

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

• लोभिनः: greedy
• लोभिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्रोधिनः: wrathful
• क्रोधिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रजायन्ते: are born/arise
• प्रजायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• बहु-प्रजाः: having many children
• बहु-प्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘बह्वी प्रजा येषाम्’ (having many offspring)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Contrast scene: a household fire-rite performed mechanically while shadow-figures of greed and anger loom; in the background, many children symbolize ‘bahu-prajā’, suggesting worldly expansion without inner peace.

Characters & Entities

• Pākayajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual activity alone is not the measure of dharma; inner faults like greed and anger weaken spiritual stature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse contrasts character types within a lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pākayajñas (domestic sacrificial rites) are referenced as practices some remain attached to.