Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

परोद्वेगकरा नूनं कलहा मित्रभेदिनः । सर्वे ते शुद्धतां यांति काजेशाः स्वयमब्रुवन्

Transliteration

parodvegakarā nūnaṃ kalahā mitrabhedinaḥ | sarve te śuddhatāṃ yāṃti kājeśāḥ svayamabruvan

Translation

Воистину, они становятся причиной тревоги для других — сварливы и разрушают дружбу; и всё же все они достигают чистоты силою этой святыни, как Сам Господь изрёк.

Word by Word

• para-udvega-karāḥ: causing others distress
• para-udvega-karāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + udvega (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘परस्य उद्वेगं कुर्वन्ति’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; causing others’ agitation)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of certainty)

• kalahāḥ: quarrels (quarrelsome people)
• kalahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• mitra-bhedinaḥ: splitters of friends
• mitra-bhedinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhid (भिद्) (कृदन्त—णिनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक ‘मित्राणि भेदयन्ति’ (Masculine, Nominative plural; ‘friendship-splitters’)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nominative plural; pronoun)

• śuddhatām: purity
• śuddhatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• yānti: go, attain
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Lat, 3rd plural, Parasmaipada)

• kājeśāḥ: Kājeśas (a group/name)
• kājeśāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kājeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• svayam: themselves
• svayam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• abruvan: said, spoke
• abruvan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Laṅ, 3rd plural, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Vyāsa (quoting the Lord’s assurance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Quarrelsome people with broken garlands symbolizing broken friendships approach a radiant forest shrine; a divine voice/Śiva’s sign (triśūla) above indicates promised purification; the garlands mend as they enter the sacred boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva) (implied)
• Kaliyuga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali-yuga, divine grace working through a sacred place can purify deeply flawed conduct when one approaches rightly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually Dharmāraṇya/Dharmavāpī—the discourse emphasizes the purifying potency associated with the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit in this verse; it reinforces the tīrtha’s purificatory promise attributed to the Lord.