Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

परव्यसनसंतुष्टः कृतघ्नो गुरुतल्पगः । दूषको देवविप्राणां स प्रेतो जायते नरः

Transliteration

paravyasanasaṃtuṣṭaḥ kṛtaghno gurutalpagaḥ | dūṣako devaviprāṇāṃ sa preto jāyate naraḥ

Translation

သူတစ်ပါး၏ ဒုက္ခကို ပျော်ရွှင်သူ၊ ကျေးဇူးမသိသူ၊ ဂုရု၏ အိပ်ရာကို ဖောက်ဖျက်သူ၊ နတ်ဘုရားနှင့် ဗြာဟ္မဏတို့ကို အပြစ်တင်စော်ကားသူ—ထိုသူသည် ပရေတအဖြစ် မွေးဖွားရ၏။

Word by Word

• परव्यसनसंतुष्टः: delighted in others’ misfortune
• परव्यसनसंतुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर + व्यसन + सन्तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); घटक: पर, व्यसन, सन्तुष्ट
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘सन्तुष्ट’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (in others’ misfortune)

• कृतघ्नः: ungrateful
• कृतघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: कृत, घ्न
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (one who kills/denies what is done = ungrateful)

• गुरुतल्पगः: one who violates the guru’s bed (sexual transgressor)
• गुरुतल्पगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + तल्प + ग (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: गुरु, तल्प, ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (one who goes to the teacher’s bed)

• दूषकः: defamer, corrupter
• दूषकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √दूष् (धातु) + दूषक (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, ण्वुल्)
• Form: कर्तरि-ण्वुल्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवविप्राणाम्: of gods and Brahmins
• देवविप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + विप्र (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: देव, विप्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रेतः: a preta
• प्रेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely the respondent/teacher in the dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: a man smirks at another’s fall; turns away from a benefactor; approaches guru’s household in transgression; then points accusingly at a deity and brāhmaṇa—each act casting a darker preta-shadow over him.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It condemns cruelty, ingratitude, betrayal of the guru, and contempt for sacred beings—seen as corrosive sins leading to a degraded post-mortem state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it teaches avoidance of grave offenses (aparādha), especially toward guru, devas, and vipras.