Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्माद्विप्रेण सततं भाव्यमाचारशीलिना । विद्वेषरागरहिता अनुतिष्ठन्ति यं मुने

Transliteration

tasmādvipreṇa satataṃ bhāvyamācāraśīlinā | vidveṣarāgarahitā anutiṣṭhanti yaṃ mune

Translation

ତେଣୁ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ସଦା ଆଚାରଶୀଳ ହେବା ଉଚିତ। ହେ ମୁନେ, ଦ୍ୱେଷ ଓ ରାଗରହିତ ହୋଇ, ଜ୍ଞାନୀମାନେ ଯାହାକୁ ନିରନ୍ତର ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ କରନ୍ତି ସେହି ଶିଷ୍ଟାଚାର-ନିୟମକୁ ସେ ପାଳନ କରୁ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Conclusion marker (हेतु/निगमन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-रूपेण पञ्चमी-एकवचनार्थे अव्यय (therefore/from that)

• विप्रेण: by a learned Brahmin
• विप्रेण: Kartr̥-sahakari/Agent-instrument (कर्ता-साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (always/constantly)

• भाव्यम्: to be done/should be practiced
• भाव्यम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √भू (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त; भाव्य)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कर्तव्यम्’

• आचारशीलिना: by one of good conduct
• आचारशीलिना: Kartr̥-sahakari (agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आचार + शीलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘आचारः शीलं यस्य’ (habitually of good conduct)

• विद्वेषरागरहिताः: free from hatred and attachment
• विद्वेषरागरहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वेष + राग + रहित (प्रातिपदिक; √हा (धातु) + क्त, ‘रहित’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘विद्वेषेण रागेण च रहिताः’

• अनुतिष्ठन्ति: practice/perform
• अनुतिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (addressed as ‘O sage’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa practitioner seated in meditation near an āśrama, with symbols of rāga and dveṣa (red/black serpents or flames) dissolving into calm light; elders (buddhāḥ) observe approvingly.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right conduct must be constant and inner—rooted in freedom from attachment and hatred.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on inner dharma rather than pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A behavioral vow is implied: continuous practice of sadācāra with rāga-dveṣa renunciation.