Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अभिमानोतिकोपश्च दांभिकत्वं कृतघ्नता । अत्यंतविषयासक्तिः कार्पण्यं शाठ्यमत्सरम्

Transliteration

abhimānotikopaśca dāṃbhikatvaṃ kṛtaghnatā | atyaṃtaviṣayāsaktiḥ kārpaṇyaṃ śāṭhyamatsaram

Translation

അഹങ്കാരവും അത്യധിക കോപവും, ദംഭവും കൃതഘ്നതയും; വിഷയഭോഗങ്ങളിൽ അത്യന്താസക്തി, കൃപണത, ശാഠ്യം, മത്‌സരം—ഇവ നിന്ദ്യദോഷങ്ങളായി പറയപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अभिमान: pride, self-conceit
• अभिमान: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• उति: excess, overdoing
• उति: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

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

• दांभिकत्वम्: hypocrisy, pretentiousness
• दांभिकत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दांभिकत्व (प्रातिपदिक; दांभिक + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• कृतघ्नता: ingratitude
• कृतघ्नता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नता (प्रातिपदिक; कृतघ्न + ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• अत्यन्त: excessively, extremely
• अत्यन्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: 'excessively')

• विषय: sense-objects, pleasures
• विषय: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (as first member in compound; 'of objects/sense-objects')

• आसक्तिः: attachment
• आसक्तिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• कार्पण्यम्: miserliness, meanness
• कार्पण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• शाठ्यम्: deceit, knavery
• शाठ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाठ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• मत्सरम्: envy, jealousy
• मत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a sādhaka at a Śiva-āśrama gate sees personified vices—Pride, Anger, Hypocrisy, Envy—being turned away, while virtues—Humility, Gratitude, Generosity—are welcomed toward a liṅga shrine.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner vices destroy dharma; spiritual life requires purification of character—especially anger, hypocrisy, greed, deceit, and envy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is praised in this verse; it is a moral inventory meant to support dharmic living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes ethical discipline as the foundation for fruitful worship and pilgrimage.