Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

न शूद्राय मतिं दद्यान्नोच्छिष्टं न हविष्कृतम् । न चास्योपदिशेद्धर्मं न चास्य व्रतमादिशेत्

Transliteration

na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyānnocchiṣṭaṃ na haviṣkṛtam | na cāsyopadiśeddharmaṃ na cāsya vratamādiśet

Translation

ଶୂଦ୍ରକୁ ମତି/ଉପଦେଶ ଦେବା ଉଚିତ ନୁହେଁ; ତାକୁ ଉଚ୍ଛିଷ୍ଟ ଦେବା ନୁହେଁ, ହବିଷ୍ ରୂପେ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ ଅର୍ପଣ ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ; ତାକୁ ଧର୍ମ ଉପଦେଶ ଦେବା ନୁହେଁ, ତାହା ପାଇଁ ବ୍ରତ ମଧ୍ୟ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶ କରିବା ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• शूद्राय: to a Śūdra
• शूद्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• मतिम्: counsel/understanding
• मतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• उच्छिष्टम्: leftover food/impure remnants
• उच्छिष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• हविष्कृतम्: (food) made into an oblation
• हविष्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (हविः कृतम् = made into an oblation)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अस्य: to him/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपदिशेत्: should instruct/teach
• उपदिशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-दिश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• धर्मम्: dharma/religious law
• धर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अस्य: to him/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• व्रतम्: vow/religious observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आदिशेत्: should prescribe/command
• आदिशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दिś् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Uncertain from snippet (normative dharma instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa; speaker not named here)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern injunction scene: the teacher enumerates prohibitions with counting gestures; ritual remnants and havis are shown on a tray, symbolizing restricted distribution; the king listens gravely.

Characters & Entities

• Śūdra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It presents a restrictive dharma-rule about who may receive certain teachings and ritual items, emphasizing boundaries of ritual eligibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse; it is a general injunction within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It forbids giving ucchiṣṭa and havis-prepared offerings, and forbids teaching dharma or prescribing vrata to the specified group.