Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

मलिनास्यास्तु ये मर्त्या मलिनांबर धारिणः । मलदंता गृहस्था ये गृहं तेषां समाविश

Transliteration

malināsyāstu ye martyā malināṃbara dhāriṇaḥ | maladaṃtā gṛhasthā ye gṛhaṃ teṣāṃ samāviśa

Translation

മുഖം മലിനമായവരും മലിന വസ്ത്രം ധരിക്കുന്നവരും, ദന്തങ്ങൾ മലിനമായ ഗൃഹസ്ഥരും—അവരുടെ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ നീ പ്രവേശിക്ക.

Word by Word

• मलिनास्याः: dirty-faced
• मलिनास्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मलिन (प्रातिपदिक) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘मलिनम् आस्यम् येषाम्’ (masc nom pl; ‘dirty-faced’)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nominative plural)

• मर्त्याः: mortals, men
• मर्त्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nominative plural)

• मलिनाम्बरधारिणः: wearing dirty clothes
• मलिनाम्बरधारिणः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मलिन (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मलिनम् अम्बरम् धारयन्ति’ (masc nom pl)

• मलदन्ताः: with dirty teeth
• मलदन्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मल (प्रातिपदिक) + दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘मलिनाः दन्ताः येषाम्’ (masc nom pl)

• गृहस्थाः: householders
• गृहस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nominative plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nominative plural)

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• समाविश: enter
• समाविश: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (imperative, 2nd sg)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; the imperative tone addresses a bhūta/negative force within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dim household with unwashed faces and soiled garments; a shadowy emissary of misfortune stands at the threshold, turning away from a clean shrine lamp and moving toward the impure home.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūta (implied by context of ‘enter’ commands)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity (śauca) is protective; neglect of cleanliness is portrayed as attracting harmful influences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where dharmic conduct—including cleanliness—is taught as part of living in a sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied discipline of śauca (bodily and household cleanliness); no formal rite is specified in this verse.