Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

कुलाचारप्रतीपोयं पित्रोर्वाक्यपराङ्मुखः । सत्यशौचपरिभ्रष्टःसंध्यास्नानविवर्जितः

Transliteration

kulācārapratīpoyaṃ pitrorvākyaparāṅmukhaḥ | satyaśaucaparibhraṣṭaḥsaṃdhyāsnānavivarjitaḥ

Translation

“ഇവൻ കുലാചാരത്തിന് വിരോധി, മാതാപിതാക്കളുടെ വചനങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുഖൻ; സത്യവും ശൗചവും വിട്ടു പതിതനായിട്ട്, സന്ധ്യാവന്ദനവും സ്നാനകർമ്മവും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു।”

Word by Word

• कुलाचारप्रतीपः: opposed to family custom
• कुलाचारप्रतीपः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलाचार (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुलाचारस्य प्रतीपः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• पित्रोः: of (his) parents / of father and mother
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• वाक्यपराङ्मुखः: turned away from (their) words
• वाक्यपराङ्मुखः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पराङ्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वाक्ये पराङ्मुखः / वाक्यस्य पराङ्मुखः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• सत्यशौचपरिभ्रष्टः: fallen from truth and purity
• सत्यशौचपरिभ्रष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शौच (प्रातिपदिक) + परिभ्रष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-आधार-तत्पुरुष (सत्यं च शौचं च तयोः परिभ्रष्टः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• संध्यास्नानविवर्जितः: devoid of twilight-bath (sandhyā rites)
• संध्यास्नानविवर्जितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (संध्यास्नानं विवर्जितः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (nitya-karma emphasis)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure (speaker/observer) denounces a man’s fall from lineage customs and daily rites; the scene feels like a moral tribunal—quiet, firm, and corrective rather than violent.

Characters & Entities

• Parents (pitṛ)
• Saṃdhyā (twilight rite)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma stresses daily discipline, truthfulness, purity, and respect for parental guidance as foundations of spiritual life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma-evaluation within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃdhyā observance (twilight-prayer) and snāna (ritual bathing) are referenced as duties not to be neglected.