Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

नैव मुह्यति ते मायाबलेन नैवमेव च । गर्वहिंसापरो देवो जगद्भर्ता जगत्प्रभुः

Transliteration

naiva muhyati te māyābalena naivameva ca | garvahiṃsāparo devo jagadbhartā jagatprabhuḥ

Translation

«Он не обольщается силой твоей майи — нет, воистину нет. То божество, склонное к гордыне и насилию, (именует себя) держателем мира и владыкой вселенной.»

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• eva: at all / indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• muhyati: is deluded
• muhyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• māyābalena: by (your) māyā-power
• māyābalena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (māyāyāḥ balam)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• eva: at all
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अवधारण (repeated emphasis)

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

• garvahiṃsāparaḥ: given to pride and violence
• garvahiṃsāparaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garva (प्रातिपदिक) + hiṃsā (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (garva-hiṃsāsu paraḥ = devoted to pride and violence)

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• jagadbhartā: supporter of the world
• jagadbhartā: Karta (Appositive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ bhartā)

• jagatprabhuḥ: lord of the world
• jagatprabhuḥ: Karta (Appositive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ prabhuḥ)

Speaker

Contextual: Brahmā speaking (continuing the dispute with Viṣṇu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pointed statement: the ‘other’ deity is said to be beyond delusion yet inclined to pride and violence while claiming world-lordship; faces in the assembly tighten; moral tension rises.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Māyā
• Brahmā
• Jagadbhartā
• Jagatprabhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride and aggression distort judgment; even lofty claims to lordship are hollow without humility and truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Dharmāraṇya’s sacred narrative context, which culminates in tīrtha-creation and sanctification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is ethical-theological—warning against garva and hiṃsā.