Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पाषंडवादसंयुक्ताः शिष्टऽचारबहिष्कृताः । कपालिनः पानरतास्तथा कालमुखा ह्यमी

Transliteration

pāṣaṃḍavādasaṃyuktāḥ śiṣṭa'cārabahiṣkṛtāḥ | kapālinaḥ pānaratāstathā kālamukhā hyamī

Translation

അവർ പാഷണ്ഡവാദങ്ങളോട് ചേർന്ന്, ശിഷ്ടാചാരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ബഹിഷ്കൃതരാകും. കപാലധാരികളായി, മദ്യപാനാസക്തരായി, ‘കാലാമുഖർ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധരാകും.

Word by Word

• पाषण्डवादसंयुक्ताः: associated with heretical doctrines
• पाषण्डवादसंयुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाषण्ड-वाद-सम्-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी/तत्पुरुषः (पाषण्डवादेन संयुक्ताः)

• शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः: excluded from proper conduct of the cultured
• शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट-आचार-बहिस्-√कृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्तान्त कृदन्त विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुषः (शिष्टाचारात् बहिष्कृताः)

• कपालिनः: skull-bearers (Kāpālikas)
• कपालिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त

• पानरताः: addicted to drinking
• पानरताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पान-रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (पाने रताः)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपपद-प्रकारः (also/and)

• कालमुखाः: Kālamukhas
• कालमुखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल-मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (कालः मुखं येषाम्/कालमुखाः—name of a sect)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• अमी: these (people)
• अमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

Speaker

Dakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A darkening age motif: groups of distorted ascetics with skull-bowls and wine, contrasted with serene Śaiva attendants and the distant Himalayan shrine aura.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Kapālika (kapālinaḥ)
• Kālāmukha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse portrays stigmatization through labels; it cautions how anger and prejudice create caricatures of spiritual communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on the curse narrative within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive curse employing sectarian identifiers.