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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

गुणान्विते च दातव्यं नास्ति मूर्खे व्यतिक्रमः । यस्त्वासन्नमतिक्रम्य ब्राह्मणं पतितादृते । दूरस्थं पूजयेन्मूढो गुणाढ्यं नरकं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

guṇānvite ca dātavyaṃ nāsti mūrkhe vyatikramaḥ | yastvāsannamatikramya brāhmaṇaṃ patitādṛte | dūrasthaṃ pūjayenmūḍho guṇāḍhyaṃ narakaṃ vrajet

Translation

ഗുണവാനെ ദാനം-മാനത്തോടെ ആദരിക്കണം; മൂഢനെ ഒഴിവാക്കുന്നതിൽ ദോഷമില്ല. എന്നാൽ സമീപത്തെ ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ (പതിതനെ ഒഴികെ) അവഗണിച്ച് ദൂരസ്ഥ—even ഗുണസമ്പന്നനെ—പൂജിക്കുന്ന മൂഢൻ നരകത്തിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു.

Word by Word
गुण-अन्वितेin the case of the virtuous (person)
गुण-अन्विते:
Adhikarana (Reference/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘गुणैः अन्विते’ (Masculine, Locative singular; in/for the virtuous person)
चand
च:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय
दातव्यम्should be given
दातव्यम्:
Kriya (Obligation)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formकर्तव्यता-वाचक कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (gerundive: should be given)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
मूर्खेin the case of a fool
मूर्खे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)
व्यतिक्रमःtransgression/violation
व्यतिक्रमः:
Karta (Subject of अस्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यतिक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun: he who)
तुbut
तु:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविशेषण/विरोध-अव्यय
आसन्नम्one who is near
आसन्नम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootआसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Accusative singular; nearby)
अतिक्रम्यhaving bypassed/neglected
अतिक्रम्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति+क्रम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having passed over/neglected’
ब्राह्मणम्a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative singular)
पतित-अदृतेexcept a fallen (Brahmin)
पतित-अदृते:
Sambandha (Exception)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपतित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + अदृत (प्रातिपदिक; अ+दृत)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समासः; सप्तमी-आधारित अव्ययप्रयोगः ‘पतितं विना/ऋते’ (except a fallen one)
दूर-स्थम्one who is far away
दूर-स्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त; स्था+क)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘दूरे स्थितम्’ (Masculine, Accusative singular; situated far)
पूजयेत्should honor/worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative: should worship)
मूढःa deluded person
मूढः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमूढ (प्रातिपदिक; मुह्-धातु से)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)
गुण-आढ्यम्rich in virtues
गुण-आढ्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘गुणैः आढ्यम्’ (Masculine, Accusative singular; rich in virtues)
नरकम्hell
नरकम्:
Karma (Goal)
TypeNoun
Rootनरक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)
व्रजेत्would go
व्रजेत्:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative: would/should go)
Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; dharma on honoring guests and worthiness)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder at Prabhāsa stands with a gift-tray. A nearby Brāhmaṇa sits at the threshold; the giver turns away to honor a distant, celebrated figure. A shadowy ‘naraka’ motif appears as a cautionary backdrop, while the ‘patita’ exception is shown as a figure with broken sacred thread kept aside.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

It teaches discernment in honoring and giving—upholding proper dharma-order and avoiding misguided prestige-seeking.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the overarching sacred context for these dharma instructions.

Norms of dāna/pūjā: give to the virtuous and properly honor a suitable nearby Brāhmaṇa; avoid honoring in a way that violates dharma priorities.

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