Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
Devanagari script
मूर्खाचरितमेतद्धि मन्मातुरुचितं न हि । अन्यत्संसारसारं च सारमन्यच्च मोहिताः
Transliteration
mūrkhācaritametaddhi manmāturucitaṃ na hi | anyatsaṃsārasāraṃ ca sāramanyacca mohitāḥ
Translation
Поистине, это поведение глупцов; оно не подобает моей матери. Заблуждающиеся люди принимают одно за «суть» мирской жизни, тогда как истинная суть находится в другом.
Word by Word
mūrkha-ācaritamfoolish conduct
mūrkha-ācaritam:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmūrkha (प्रातिपदिक) + ācarita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from ā√car)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); विधेय (predicate)
etatthis
etat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); विशेष्य-निर्देश
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Emphasis/Reason/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle) = 'indeed/for'
matmy
mat:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive) (in compound)
mātuḥof (my) mother
mātuḥ:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive)
ucitamproper/fitting
ucitam:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootucita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √uc)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); 'etat' इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषण = 'proper'
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (negation particle)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle) = 'indeed' (reinforcing)
anyatsomething else
anyat:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (here as predicate/contrast 'something else')
saṃsāra-sāramthe essence of saṃsāra
saṃsāra-sāram:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; 'essence of worldly existence'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction) = 'and'
sāramessence
sāram:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; 'essence' (as contrasted item)
anyatsomething else
anyat:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; 'something else'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction) = 'and'
mohitāḥdeluded (people)
mohitāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmohita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √muh)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); बहुवचन-कर्तृ (people)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
FAQs
It condemns foolish attachment and urges discernment: what people call the ‘essence’ of life is often misidentified due to delusion.
No site is named; the verse is ethical-philosophical rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.
None; the focus is on correcting deluded valuation and cultivating viveka (discrimination).