Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

नापवादपरो लोको न दरिद्रो न रोगभाक् । न स्तेयो द्यूतकारी च मैरेयी पापिनो नहि

Transliteration

nāpavādaparo loko na daridro na rogabhāk | na steyo dyūtakārī ca maireyī pāpino nahi

Translation

ଲୋକେ ଅପବାଦରେ ଆସକ୍ତ ନଥିଲେ; କେହି ଦରିଦ୍ର ନଥିଲେ, କେହି ରୋଗାକ୍ରାନ୍ତ ମଧ୍ୟ ନଥିଲେ। ଚୋର ନଥିଲେ, ଜୁଆଡ଼ି ନଥିଲେ, ମଦ୍ୟପାନକାରୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ନଥିଲେ—ସତ୍ୟରେ ପାପୀ କେହି ଦେଖାଯାଉନଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• apavāda-paraḥ: inclined to slander
• apavāda-paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apavāda (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (अपवादेषु परः = given to slander)

• lokaḥ: people/world
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• daridraḥ: poor
• daridraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daridra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (as predicate adjective)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• rogabhāk: disease-afflicted
• rogabhāk: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (भाज् धातोः क्विप्/क्विन्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘भाक्’ = sharing/possessing); तत्पुरुष-समास (रोगं भजते/रोगभागी)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• steyaḥ: thief / stealing
• steyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: steya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (thievish/thief)

• dyūta-kārī: gambler
• dyūta-kārī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dyūta (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (द्यूतं करोति = gambler)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• maireyī: addicted to maireya liquor
• maireyī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maireyī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (maireya-drinker/addicted to maireya liquor)

• pāpinaḥ: sinful (people)
• pāpinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (sinful ones)

• nahi: indeed not / not at all
• nahi: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na + hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (emphatic negation: ‘indeed not’)

Speaker

Narrator (sectional voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ideal city/kingdom under Rāma: clean streets, content households, no quarrels; citizens engaged in honest work; absence of taverns/gambling dens; a serene, orderly atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Maīreya (intoxicant)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma prevails, society becomes free from vice, exploitation, and the suffering born of wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse functions as dharma-praise within the Dharmāraṇya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it implicitly discourages pāpa such as gambling, theft, slander, and intoxication.