Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

धिङ्मां दुरिंद्रियासक्तां पापां स्मरविमोहिताम् । अल्पस्य यत्सुखस्यार्थे घोरां यास्यामि दुर्गतिम्

Transliteration

dhiṅmāṃ duriṃdriyāsaktāṃ pāpāṃ smaravimohitām | alpasya yatsukhasyārthe ghorāṃ yāsyāmi durgatim

Translation

“အရှက်တရားပင်—အပြစ်ရှိသူ၊ မကောင်းသော အာရုံခံအင်္ဂါတို့၌ စွဲလမ်းသူ၊ ကာမမောဟ၌ မူးမောသူ! အနည်းငယ်သော ပျော်ရွှင်မှုအတွက် ကျွန်မသည် ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် ဒုဂ္ဂတိသို့ ကျရောက်မည်။”

Word by Word

• dhik: shame on
• dhik: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhik (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक अव्यय (interjection of censure)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dur-indriya-āsaktām: attached to bad senses/evil sense-objects
• dur-indriya-āsaktām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsakta (कृदन्त; √sañj/सञ्ज् ‘to cling’ उपसर्ग-आ + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दुरिन्द्रिये आसक्ता)

• pāpām: sinful
• pāpām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• smara-vimohitām: deluded by desire (Smara)
• smara-vimohitām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smara (प्रातिपदिक) + vimohita (कृदन्त; √muh/मुह् ‘to be deluded’ उपसर्ग-वि + णिच् + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्मरेण विमोहिता)

• alpasya: of little
• alpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yat: which (of)
• yat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• sukhasya: of pleasure
• sukhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• arthe: for the sake
• arthe: Hetu/Prayojana (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘अर्थे’ = ‘for the sake of’ (हेतौ)

• ghorām: terrible
• ghorām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• yāsyāmi: I shall go
• yāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• durgatim: to a bad fate/ruin
• durgatim: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

The woman pilgrim

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇapuṅgava (addressed indirectly through her speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark self-reckoning: the woman gestures in self-reproach (‘dhik mām’), with a faint mirage-like scene of sensual pleasure dissolving into a looming abyss or dark path labeled ‘durgati’; the brāhmaṇa stands as steady witness.

Characters & Entities

• Smara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fleeting sense-pleasure can lead to lasting suffering; repentance begins with honest self-critique and resolve to change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the repentance episode during the Gokarṇa visit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it prepares the ground for prāyaścitta and disciplined living.