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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । दुकोकलज्ञया सर्वं नस्यतीति किमद्भुतम् । ये पापिनो ह्यधर्मिष्ठाः केवलं विषयात्मकाः । पितरौ निंदितौ यैश्च निर्दैवात्वेन संशयः

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | dukokalajñayā sarvaṃ nasyatīti kimadbhutam | ye pāpino hyadharmiṣṭhāḥ kevalaṃ viṣayātmakāḥ | pitarau niṃditau yaiśca nirdaivātvena saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ശ്രീഭഗവാൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ദുഷ്കർമ്മങ്ങളുടെ വിപാകം മൂലം എല്ലാം നശിക്കുന്നതിൽ അത്ഭുതമെന്ത്? പാപികളും അത്യധർമ്മഹീനരും വിഷയാസക്തരുമായും മാതാപിതാക്കളെയുപോലും നിന്ദിക്കുന്നവരും ദൈവനിയമത്തിന്റെ സത്തയിൽ തന്നെ സംശയം കൊള്ളുന്നു।

Word by Word
श्री-भगवान्the Blessed Lord
श्री-भगवान्:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) + भगवान् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास — ‘the venerable Lord’
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘said’
दुकोकलज्ञयाby dukokalajñā (a kind of wrong/low understanding)
दुकोकलज्ञया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदुकोकलज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘by dukokalajñā’ (as cause/instrument)
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘everything’
नश्यतिperishes
नश्यति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘perishes’
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
किम्what
किम्:
Prashna (Interrogative)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — प्रश्नार्थक ‘what?’
अद्भुतम्wonder (marvel)
अद्भुतम्:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘wonder’
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘those who’
पापिनःsinful
पापिनः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘sinful’
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
अधर्मिष्ठाःvery unrighteous
अधर्मिष्ठाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर्मिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘most unrighteous’
केवलम्only
केवलम्:
Visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकेवलम् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘only/merely’)
विषय-आत्मकाःabsorbed in sense-objects
विषय-आत्मकाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विषयः आत्मा यस्य/विषयात्मकः) — ‘sense-object oriented’
पितरौthe two parents
पितरौ:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन — ‘the two parents (father and mother)’
निन्दितौreviled
निन्दितौ:
Kriya (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिन्दित (कृदन्त; √निन्द् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन — ‘reviled/condemned’
यैःby whom
यैः:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘by whom’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
निर्दैवात्वेनby godlessness
निर्दैवात्वेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्दैवात्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘by (the doctrine/state of) godlessness’
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘doubt’
Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā and the assembled devas/ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord delivers a calm but stern teaching: evil deeds ripen into ruin; sinners absorbed in sense-objects revile parents and slide into denial of divine order.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)
P
Parents (pitṛ-mātṛ)

FAQs

Ruin follows the maturation of wrongdoing; dharma is upheld through self-control, honoring parents, and trust in moral order (daiva/karma).

This verse teaches karma and ethics rather than praising a specific tirtha; it occurs within the Kedārakhaṇḍa setting.

No formal ritual; the practical prescription is ethical conduct—avoid sin, restrain sense-obsession, and revere one’s parents.

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