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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यो यज्ञो दक्षिणाहीनो यश्चाशौचयुतैः कृतः । ब्रह्मचर्यविहीनस्तु तत्फलं ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

yo yajño dakṣiṇāhīno yaścāśaucayutaiḥ kṛtaḥ | brahmacaryavihīnastu tatphalaṃ te bhaviṣyati

Translation

Mana-mana yajña yang dilakukan tanpa dakṣiṇā yang ditetapkan, atau dilakukan oleh mereka yang terkena aśauca (najis ritual), atau dilakukan tanpa disiplin brahmacarya—buahnya itu sendiri akan jatuh menjadi bahagianmu.

Word by Word
यःwhich
यः:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘which/that’
यज्ञःsacrifice
यज्ञः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (sacrifice)
दक्षिणा-हीनःlacking priestly fee
दक्षिणा-हीनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘devoid of dakṣiṇā (fees/gifts)’ (qualifying यज्ञः)
यःwhich
यः:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun (second clause)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’
अशौच-युतैःby impure persons
अशौच-युतैः:
Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअशौच (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘by those possessed of impurity’ (qualifying agent of कृतः)
कृतःperformed
कृतः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘done/performed’ (agreeing with यज्ञः)
ब्रह्मचर्य-विहीनःlacking celibacy/discipline
ब्रह्मचर्य-विहीनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘devoid of brahmacarya’ (qualifying implied यज्ञः)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात — ‘indeed/but’
तत्-फलम्that result
तत्-फलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘that fruit/result’
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular ‘your’
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Future ‘will be’
Speaker

Brahmā (Lokapitāmaha), addressing the Rākṣasa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small yajña-śālā: fire altar, ṛtviks, ladles, and offerings; a symbolic contrast—one side shows proper dakṣiṇā being offered with reverence, the other side shows a shadowed figure marked by aśauca/indiscipline, indicating loss/transfer of fruit.

Characters & Entities
B
Brahmā
R
Rākṣasa
Y
Yajña
D
Dakṣiṇā
A
Aśauca
B
Brahmacarya

FAQs

Ritual acts lacking dharmic supports—dakṣiṇā, purity, and self-restraint—lose sanctity and their merit can be misdirected.

The broader frame is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Tīrthamāhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

Give proper dakṣiṇā, observe śauca (ritual purity), and maintain brahmacarya during yajña/śrāddha performance.

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