Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

छेत्तारः संशयानां च लोभग्रस्ता व्रजंत्यधः । लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताश्च शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः

Transliteration

chettāraḥ saṃśayānāṃ ca lobhagrastā vrajaṃtyadhaḥ | lobhakrodhaprasaktāśca śiṣṭācārabahiṣkṛtāḥ

Translation

സംശയങ്ങൾ മുറിച്ചെറിയുന്നവരായാലും ലോഭഗ്രസ്തരായാൽ അധോഗതിയിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു. ലോഭവും ക്രോധവും പിടിച്ചവർ ശിഷ്ടാചാരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ബഹിഷ്കൃതരാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• छेत्तारः: cutters/destroyers
• छेत्तारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेत्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; छिद् धातोः तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• संशयानाम्: of doubts
• संशयानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• लोभग्रस्ताः: seized by greed
• लोभग्रस्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ग्रस् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• व्रजन्ति: they go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अधः: downwards/below
• अधः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताः: addicted to greed and anger
• लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ + क्रोध + प्रसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सञ्ज्/सक् धातोः क्त, प्र-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः: excluded from proper conduct
• शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टाचार + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः क्त, बहिस्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A debater cutting a knot of doubt with a sword of reasoning, but then slipping into a dark pit labeled lobha; beside him, figures of anger push him away from a circle of elders representing śiṣṭācāra.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed can undo even intellectual clarity; virtue requires steady character, not only sharp reasoning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; it is a character-based teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it warns against moral decline through greed and anger.