Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

परापवादं मा ब्रूया मासूयां भज कर्हिचित् । अन्यस्याभ्युदयं दृष्ट्वा संतापं कृणु मा वृथा

Transliteration

parāpavādaṃ mā brūyā māsūyāṃ bhaja karhicit | anyasyābhyudayaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃtāpaṃ kṛṇu mā vṛthā

Translation

മറ്റുള്ളവരെ അപവാദം പറയരുത്; ഒരിക്കലും അസൂയയെ ആശ്രയിക്കരുത്. മറ്റൊരാളുടെ അഭ്യുദയം കണ്ടു വ്യർത്ഥമായി മനസ്സിനെ ദുഃഖിപ്പിക്കരുത്.

Word by Word

• पर-अपवादम्: slander of others
• पर-अपवादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + अपवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परस्य अपवादः)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle), लोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगेषु

• ब्रूयाः: should speak
• ब्रूयाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive)

• असूयाम्: envy
• असूयाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असूया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भज: resort to
• भज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कर्हिचित्: ever/at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हि (अव्यय) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb) = 'at any time/ever'

• अन्यस्य: of another
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अभ्युदयम्: prosperity/rise
• अभ्युदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्युदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund)

• संतापम्: distress
• संतापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृणु: do/make
• कृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive)

• वृथा: in vain, uselessly
• वृथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands at a marketplace/assembly, holding back harsh words (depicted as dark birds returning to the mouth); nearby, another person receives honors/wealth, while the devotee’s heart shows calm light rather than burning jealousy.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Durvinīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A purified life requires purity of speech and mind—rejecting slander and envy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it is part of the Setu-khaṇḍa instruction that follows the Dhanuṣkoṭi purification narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it prescribes ethical restraint in speech and attitude.