Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अस्माभिर्हारिता जातिः कथं कुर्मः प्रतिग्रहम् । निवारितास्तु ते सर्वे स्थानान्मोहेरका द्विजाः

Transliteration

asmābhirhāritā jātiḥ kathaṃ kurmaḥ pratigraham | nivāritāstu te sarve sthānānmoherakā dvijāḥ

Translation

သူတို့က “ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ မျိုးရိုးသန့်ရှင်းမှု ပျက်စီးသွားပြီ—ဒါနကို (ပရတိဂ္ရဟ) ဘယ်လို လက်ခံနိုင်မလဲ” ဟု ဆို하였다။ ထို့ကြောင့် မိုဟေရကာ ဒွိဇများအားလုံးကို သူတို့၏ နေရာများမှ တားဆီး၍ ဖယ်ရှား하였다။

Word by Word

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• हारिता: taken away / lost
• हारिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हारित (कृदन्त; √हृ (धातु) + णिच् + क्त/क्तिन्-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘taken away/removed’

• जातिः: caste/status (birth-based standing)
• जातिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रश्नार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (interrogative adverb)

• कुर्मः: do (shall we do)
• कुर्मः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रतिग्रहम्: acceptance (of a gift)
• प्रतिग्रहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• निवारिताः: were prevented
• निवारिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-√वृ (धातु) + णिच् + क्त; निवारित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘restrained/prevented’

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• स्थानात्: from the place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्

• मोहेरकाः: Moherakas (people of Mohera)
• मोहेरकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहेरक (प्रातिपदिक; देश/जनपद-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; जातिवाचक/निवासीवाचक (demonym)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins / twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Cāturvidyas / learned Brāhmaṇas (contextually responding during dāna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas with downcast faces refuse the offered donation; officials restrain and remove certain brāhmaṇas from seats/positions; the king looks conflicted.

Characters & Entities

• Moheraka dvijas (Moheraka Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity must be ethically received; when conduct compromises one’s dharmic standing, refusing gifts can be a form of integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it focuses on dāna-eligibility and discipline within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratigraha-dharma (rules about accepting gifts) is invoked, emphasizing eligibility and purity of recipients.