Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45124

Devanagari script

नास्तिकानां च सर्पाणां विषस्य च गुणस्त्वयम् । मोहयंति परं यच्च दोषो नैषपरस्य तु

Transliteration

nāstikānāṃ ca sarpāṇāṃ viṣasya ca guṇastvayam | mohayaṃti paraṃ yacca doṣo naiṣaparasya tu

Translation

नास्तिक, साप आणि विष यांचा हा गुण आहे की ते इतरांना मोहित करतात; परंतु हा दोष त्यांचाच आहे, मोहित होणाऱ्याचा नाही.

Word by Word

• नास्तिकानाम्: of atheists
• नास्तिकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नास्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — of the atheists

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• सर्पाणाम्: of snakes
• सर्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — of snakes

• विषस्य: of poison
• विषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — of poison

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• गुणः: a quality
• गुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — quality/property

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative particle)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — this

• मोहयन्ति: (they) delude
• मोहयन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन — they delude

• परम्: another (person)
• परम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — the other/another (person)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — which/that (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• दोषः: a fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — fault

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एषः: this (fault)
• एषः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — this (one)

• अपरस्य: of another
• अपरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — of another

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Nāstika
• Sarpa
• Viṣa
• Moha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spreading delusion is a moral fault of the deceiver; dharma warns against misleading others away from truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse functions as ethical framing within the Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa/Kapileśvara narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral-psychological teaching about moha (delusion) and culpability.