Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

आदित्यश्चंद्रमा वायुः प्रभूत्यैव च तांस्तु यः । विक्रीणाति सुमूढस्य तस्य का नु विचारणा

Transliteration

ādityaścaṃdramā vāyuḥ prabhūtyaiva ca tāṃstu yaḥ | vikrīṇāti sumūḍhasya tasya kā nu vicāraṇā

Translation

ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ, ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର, ବାୟୁ ଆଦି ମହାଶକ୍ତିମାନେ ଜୀବନକୁ ଧାରଣ କରନ୍ତି; ତଥାପି ଯେ ତାହାମାନଙ୍କୁ ‘ବିକ୍ରି’ କରେ, ସେ ପରମ ମୂଢ଼—ତାହାର ବିଚାର କେଉଁଠି?

Word by Word

• आदित्यः: the Sun (Āditya)
• आदित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• चन्द्रमा: the Moon
• चन्द्रमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वायुः: Wind (Vāyu)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रभूत्या: and so on; etc. (lit. by abundance)
• प्रभूत्या: Sambandha (Adverbial-instrumental/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तान्: those (deities)
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष (adversative particle)

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विक्रीणाति: sells
• विक्रीणाति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + क्री (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सुमूढस्य: of the utterly deluded (man)
• सुमूढस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + मूढ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √मुह् past participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• का: what? (which?)
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नु: indeed/then (in questions)
• नु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न/अनुनय (interrogative particle)

• विचारणा: consideration/judgment
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced; Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deluded trader gestures as if selling sunlight, moonlight, and wind, while a sage points upward to the celestial deities, exposing the folly.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sun)
• Candramā (Moon)
• Vāyu (Wind)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic forces are divine supports of life; treating them as property to be traded reflects profound delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a universal critique of ignorance and possessiveness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the teaching is discernment (vicāra) and reverence for the divine order.