Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

केचिद्धनानि जगृहुः केचिद्बालान्स्त्रियोऽपरे । गोधनान्यपरेऽगृह्णन्केचिद्धान्यपरिच्छदान् । केचिदारामसस्यानि गृहोद्यानान्यनाशयत्

Transliteration

keciddhanāni jagṛhuḥ kecidbālānstriyo'pare | godhanānyapare'gṛhṇankeciddhānyaparicchadān | kecidārāmasasyāni gṛhodyānānyanāśayat

Translation

အချို့က ဥစ္စာဓနကို ယူဆောင်သွားကြပြီး၊ အချို့က ကလေးများကို၊ အချို့က မိန်းမများကို ဖမ်းခေါ်သွားကြသည်။ အချို့က နွားတိရစ္ဆာန်များကို ယူကြပြီး၊ အချို့က စပါးအနှံနှင့် အိမ်သုံးပစ္စည်းများကို လုယူကြသည်။ အချို့က ဥယျာဉ်သီးနှံများနှင့် အိမ်နှင့်ဆက်စပ်သော ဥယျာဉ်များကို ဖျက်ဆီးကြသည်။

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Nominative plural); अनिश्चितवाचक (some)

• धनानि: wealth
• धनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• जगृहुः: seized
• जगृहुः: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• बालान्: children/boys
• बालान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• गोधनानि: cattle-wealth (cows and livestock)
• गोधनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• अगृह्णन्: took away
• अगृह्णन्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• धान्यपरिच्छदान्: grain and furnishings/equipment
• धान्यपरिच्छदान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य + परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• आरामसस्यानि: garden crops/produce
• आरामसस्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराम + सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• गृहोद्यानानि: houses and gardens
• गृहोद्यानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह + उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• अनाशयन्: destroyed
• अनाशयन्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ-√नश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage of atrocities: looters carrying gold and grain, abductors dragging women and children, cattle driven away, orchards trampled, home-gardens ruined; villagers weep amid devastation.

Characters & Entities

• Daśārṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence that targets the vulnerable and livelihoods is profoundly adharmic; protection of people and sustenance is central to rājadharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse details societal devastation during invasion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.