Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

न हीदृशमनायुष्यं लोके किंचन विद्यते । यादृशं पुरुषस्येह परदारोपसेवनम्

Transliteration

na hīdṛśamanāyuṣyaṃ loke kiṃcana vidyate | yādṛśaṃ puruṣasyeha paradāropasevanam

Translation

ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਆਯੁ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਿਆਣ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਕੋਈ ਚੀਜ਼ ਉਨੀ ਨਹੀਂ, ਜਿੰਨੀ ਕਿ ਪਰਾਏ ਦੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਗਤ ਕਰਨਾ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Prayojaka (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) = negation

• हि: indeed
• हि: Prayojaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = indeed/for

• ईदृशम्: such
• ईदृशम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा—‘ईदृशम् ... विद्यते’ (such exists)

• अनायुष्यम्: life-shortening
• अनायुष्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन-आयुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (आयुष्यं न)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• किंचन: anything
• किंचन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चित/सामान्य (anything)

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) (सत्तायाम्)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; अर्थः—अस्ति (exists)

• यादृशम्: as (that which)
• यादृशम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (correlative with ईदृशम्)

• पुरुषस्य: of a man
• पुरुषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of a man)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = here/in this world

• परदारोपसेवनम्: consorting with another's wife
• परदारोपसेवनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-दार-उपसेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: (परस्य दाराः) + उपसेवनम् (consorting)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (didactic statement within the story)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a sage instructs a gathered audience (or the penitent) with calm authority; behind, symbolic imagery shows a household protected by dharma versus a shadowy scene of ruin caused by illicit desire.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sexual misconduct, especially violating another’s marriage, is portrayed as a powerful destroyer of merit, peace, and longevity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred geography appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a moral prohibition framed as a universal warning.