Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

खानपानादिकं सर्वं कार्यं तेन विवर्जयेत् । तस्य कन्या न दातव्या तत्संसर्गी च तादृशः

Transliteration

khānapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ tena vivarjayet | tasya kanyā na dātavyā tatsaṃsargī ca tādṛśaḥ

Translation

Segala urusan seperti makan minum hendaklah dijauhi dengannya. Jangan mengahwinkan anak perempuan dengannya, dan jangan juga dengan orang yang bergaul dengannya serta sejenis perangainya.

Word by Word

• khānapānādikam: eating, drinking, and the like
• khānapānādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khāna (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्वन्द्वः) ‘खान-पान’ + ‘आदिक’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘khānapānādikam/kāryam’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• kāryam: act, task
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tena: by him/with him
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vivarjayet: should avoid, should exclude
• vivarjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√vṛj/varj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kanyā: daughter (girl)
• kanyā: Karma (Object intended/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• dātavyā: to be given (in marriage)
• dātavyā: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• tat-saṃsargī: one associated with him
• tat-saṃsargī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + saṃsargin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘तत्-संसर्गी’ = तेन सह संसर्गः यस्य; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tādṛśaḥ: such (of that kind)
• tādṛśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘tat-saṃsargī’ इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषण

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual dharma-instruction; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Household threshold scene: a family declines food-sharing with a censured man; elders counsel restraint; a marriage proposal is respectfully refused to protect kula-dharma.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association shapes character; dharma advises distancing from censured conduct to preserve social and spiritual integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it is normative dharma guidance within the Dharmāraṇya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A social prescription is given: avoid commensality and marital alliance with the censured person and his close associates.