Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

बंधूनां सुहृदां चैव भृत्यानां स्त्रीजनस्य च । अव्यक्तेष्वपराधेषु चिरकारी प्रशस्यते

Transliteration

baṃdhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva bhṛtyānāṃ strījanasya ca | avyakteṣvaparādheṣu cirakārī praśasyate

Translation

बंधू, सुहृद, भृत्य आणि स्त्रीजन यांच्या बाबतीत—अपराध अस्पष्ट असताना—जो विचारपूर्वक धीराने वागतो तो प्रशंसनीय ठरतो।

Word by Word

• बंधूनाम्: of kinsmen
• बंधूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); बहुवचन — genitive plural

• सुहृदाम्: of friends/well-wishers
• सुहृदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); बहुवचन — genitive plural

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भृत्यानाम्: of servants/dependents
• भृत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); बहुवचन — genitive plural

• स्त्रीजनस्य: of womenfolk
• स्त्रीजनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री + जन (प्रातिपदिक; समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th); एकवचन — genitive singular; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्त्रीणां जनः)

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

• अव्यक्तेषु: in unmanifest/unclear
• अव्यक्तेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); बहुवचन — locative plural; विशेषण

• अपराधेषु: offences
• अपराधेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); बहुवचन — locative plural

• चिरकारी: deliberate person
• चिरकारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिर + कारिन् (कृ-धातु, णिनि/इनि-प्रत्यय; समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन — nominative singular; तत्पुरुष-समास

• प्रशस्यते: is praised
• प्रशस्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे (passive)

Speaker

Gautama (quoted within Sūta’s narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household scene: relatives and friends gathered; a servant stands anxious; womenfolk in the inner courtyard; the elder pauses, listening to both sides before judgment—symbolizing avyakta-aparādha and chirakāritva.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not rush to judgment—especially with close relations and dependents; investigate and clarify before acting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it advises careful discernment in social dharma.