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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

वैश्वदेवेन हीना ये हीनाश्चातिथ्यतोऽपि ये । कर्मणा सर्ववृषला वेदयुक्ता ह्यपि द्विजाः

Transliteration

vaiśvadevena hīnā ye hīnāścātithyato'pi ye | karmaṇā sarvavṛṣalā vedayuktā hyapi dvijāḥ

Translation

Aqueles que negligenciam a oferenda de Vaiśvadeva e aqueles que também falham na hospitalidade aos hóspedes—por sua conduta são inteiramente como vṛṣalas (homens vis), ainda que sejam ‘duas-vezes-nascidos’ e ainda que possuam saber védico.

Word by Word
वैश्वदेवेनby/with the Vaiśvadeva rite
वैश्वदेवेन:
Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्वदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन (neuter, instrumental, singular)
हीनाःdevoid of
हीनाः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; masculine, nominative, plural)
हीनाःdevoid of
हीनाः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
आतिथ्यतःin respect of hospitality
आतिथ्यतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआतिथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'as regards/from the standpoint of hospitality')
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; masculine, nominative, plural)
कर्मणाby deeds/through conduct
कर्मणा:
Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/हेतु), एकवचन (neuter, instrumental, singular)
सर्ववृषलाःaltogether śūdra-like/base
सर्ववृषलाः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वृषल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे वृषलाः) (masculine, nominative, plural)
वेदयुक्ताःendowed with the Veda (Veda-knowing)
वेदयुक्ताः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (वेदेन युक्ताः) (masculine, nominative, plural)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/कारणार्थक अव्यय (indeed/for)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (even/also)
द्विजाःtwice-born (Brahmins etc.)
द्विजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative, plural)
Speaker

Unknown (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dvija household near a tīrtha neglects the hearth-offering; an unserved guest stands at the doorway; the sacred fire is dim; sages depict the moral: despite Vedic books, the home’s dharma is empty.

Characters & Entities
V
Vaiśvadeva
A
Atithi (guest)

FAQs

Ritual learning without daily duty—offerings and hospitality—counts as moral failure; conduct defines dharma.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra remains the frame; the verse teaches how residents/pilgrims should live in a holy region.

Maintain Vaiśvadeva (daily offering) and practice ātithya (hospitality to guests).

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