Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यथाहं तादृशश्चासौ पुत्रस्ते भविता गुणैः । ये च पापा दुराचारा वेदान्धर्मं द्विषंति च

Transliteration

yathāhaṃ tādṛśaścāsau putraste bhavitā guṇaiḥ | ye ca pāpā durācārā vedāndharmaṃ dviṣaṃti ca

Translation

मी जसा आहे, तसाच गुणांनी तुझा पुत्र होईल. आणि जे पापी, दुराचारी, वेद व धर्माचा द्वेष करणारे आहेत—

Word by Word

• यथा: as/just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-वाचक-अव्यय (comparative/manner indeclinable)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तादृशः: such/like that
• तादृशः: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: भवितृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Agent noun/कर्तृवाचक), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भविष्यत्-अर्थे (one who will be)

• गुणैः: by qualities
• गुणैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पापाः: sinful
• पापाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दुराचाराः: of bad conduct
• दुराचाराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुराचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वेदान्: the Vedas
• वेदान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• धर्मम्: dharma
• धर्मम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• द्विषन्ति: hate
• द्विषन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Girijā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva continues the proclamation: the son will mirror Śiva’s qualities; the narrative tone turns admonitory, pointing toward the fate of Veda-dharma-haters.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Girijā)
• Vedas
• Dharma
• Gajānana (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma and the Vedas are upheld as sacred foundations; hostility toward them is portrayed as a mark of adharma with consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it frames moral alignment—reverence for Veda and dharma.