Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

किमिदं विहितं पाप पापं साधुविगर्हितम् । चौर्यकर्म त्वया निंद्यं यद्धृतानि फलानि च

Transliteration

kimidaṃ vihitaṃ pāpa pāpaṃ sādhuvigarhitam | cauryakarma tvayā niṃdyaṃ yaddhṛtāni phalāni ca

Translation

‘ഹേ പാപിയേ! നീ എന്താണ് ചെയ്തത്? ഇത് സജ്ജനർ നിന്ദിക്കുന്ന പാപകർമ്മം. നീ എടുത്ത ഫലങ്ങൾ മോഷണമാണ്; അത് നിന്ദ്യമാണ്.’

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘this’

• विहितम्: done/committed
• विहितम्: Predicate/Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/committed’

• पाप: O sinner
• पाप: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पापम्: a sin
• पापम्: Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय/विशेष्यभावे

• साधुविगर्हितम्: condemned by the virtuous
• साधुविगर्हितम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु + विगर्हित (वि-गर्ह् धातु → क्त)
• Form: समासः: साधुभिः विगर्हितम् (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘condemned by the good’

• चौर्यकर्म: act of theft
• चौर्यकर्म: Predicate nominal / Object (विधेय/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर्य + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: चौर्यस्य कर्म (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• निन्द्यम्: blameworthy
• निन्द्यम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निन्द् (धातु) → निन्द्य (यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘blameworthy/should be blamed’

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Relative connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘that which’

• हृतानि: taken/stolen
• हृतानि: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु) → हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘फलानि’

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and/also
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

Speaker

Likhita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Likhitāśrama (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Likhita, stern yet controlled, points out the fault; Śaṅkha stands with lowered gaze, fruit in hand, the atmosphere charged with dharmic admonition.

Characters & Entities

• Likhita
• Śaṅkha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even small misappropriation is treated seriously in dharma; the “good” (sādhus) define ethical boundaries by restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is a dharma-incident within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it condemns theft as adharma.