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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अनयोर्हि फलं ग्राह्यं सारता नात्र काचन । अर्धदेही च मनुजस्त्वसंस्पृश्यः सतांमतः

Transliteration

anayorhi phalaṃ grāhyaṃ sāratā nātra kācana | ardhadehī ca manujastvasaṃspṛśyaḥ satāṃmataḥ

Translation

या दोन्हींत केवळ बाह्य फलच ग्राह्य; येथे खरा सार नाही. आणि ‘अर्धदेही’ मनुष्य सज्जनांच्या मते अस्पृश्य—म्हणजे आचारधर्मात टाळण्याजोगा—मानला जातो.

Word by Word
अनयोःof these two
अनयोः:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्विवचनस्य षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Gen./Loc.), द्विवचन (Dual); here षष्ठी 'of these two'
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
फलंfruit/result
फलं:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here subject of (अस्ति) implied
ग्राह्यंto be accepted
ग्राह्यं:
Vidhेय/Predicate adjective (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-भाव्य/योग्यतावाचक (gerundive/णीयत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'to be accepted/taken'
सारताessence, substantiality
सारता:
Karta (कर्ता) (of implied अस्ति/नास्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootसारता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
काचनany (at all)
काचन:
Visheshana (विशेषण) of सारता
TypeAdjective
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)
अर्धदेहीhalf-bodied person
अर्धदेही:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अर्धस्य देही = 'one having half (a body)')
चand
च:
Conjunction (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
मनुजःman, human
मनुजः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्धदेही इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)
असंस्पृश्यःuntouchable (not fit to be touched)
असंस्पृश्यः:
Vidhेय/Predicate adjective (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (उपसर्ग/निषेध) + संस्पृश्य (प्रातिपदिक; from धातु स्पृश्)
Formकृदन्त-योग्यतावाचक (gerundive/यत्) with negation; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'not to be touched/untouchable'
सताम्of the good/virtuous
सताम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)
मतःconsidered (as)
मतः:
Kriyā-samānārtha predicate (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक; from धातु मन् 'to think')
Formकृदन्त-क्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'considered/held as'
Speaker

Same narrator (normative dharma voice) within Sūta’s discourse (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual assembly at a tīrtha: elders indicate boundaries around a yajña/pujā space; one figure stands aside in hesitation, emphasizing the theme of eligibility versus mere fruit-seeking.

FAQs

Dharma is not merely external ‘fruit’; it requires inner wholeness and rightful order, otherwise one becomes ritually/socially unsuitable.

No site is named in this verse; it stresses dharmic eligibility and purity norms.

An implicit purity rule: the ‘ardhadehī’ is deemed asaṃspṛśya (to be avoided) according to the virtuous.

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