Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

मुनयो ब्राह्मणाश्चान्ये मां निंदंति सुहृज्जनाः । नास्याहं कारणं जाने किं मां निंदंति मानवाः

Transliteration

munayo brāhmaṇāścānye māṃ niṃdaṃti suhṛjjanāḥ | nāsyāhaṃ kāraṇaṃ jāne kiṃ māṃ niṃdaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

മുനികളും ബ്രാഹ്മണരും മറ്റു സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും പോലും എന്നെ നിന്ദിക്കുന്നു. അതിന്റെ കാരണം എനിക്ക് അറിയില്ല—മനുഷ്യർ എന്നെ എന്തിന് കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു?

Word by Word

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• brāhmaṇāḥ: brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nindanti: censure
• nindanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nind (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• suhṛt-janāḥ: well-wishing people/friends
• suhṛt-janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (suhṛt eva janāḥ)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• asya: of this/for this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kāraṇam: cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• jāne: I know
• jāne: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kim: why/what
• kim: Hetu-praśna (Cause-question/हेतुप्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय/सर्वनाम (interrogative, here adverbial ‘why/what’)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• nindanti: censure
• nindanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nind (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: people, humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Kāśyapa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāśyapa speaks with pained sincerity, hands still folded; behind him, faint silhouettes of townsfolk turning away, symbolizing repeated rejection; Śākalya listens attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Munis
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Public opinion may reflect subtle dharma-failures or karmic causes; the remedy is honest inquiry and correction, not self-justification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the surrounding Setu-khaṇḍa context relates to the Setu region’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse models dharma-vicāra (ethical self-examination) before a sage.