Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

यास्ये चेति कुलं हन्याद्गमने च कुटुम्बकम् । दर्शने च शुभं पाने हन्याद्देहं च मिथ्यया

Transliteration

yāsye ceti kulaṃ hanyādgamane ca kuṭumbakam | darśane ca śubhaṃ pāne hanyāddehaṃ ca mithyayā

Translation

‘यास्ये’ इति मिथ्यावादेन कुलं हन्याद्, गमने कुटुम्बकं च। ‘दृष्टम्’ इति शुभं नश्येत्; पाने मिथ्यया देहमपि विनाशयेत्॥

Word by Word

• यास्ये: I shall go
• यास्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• कुलम्: family/lineage
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• हन्यात्: would destroy/should destroy
• हन्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• गमने: in going/at departure
• गमने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुटुम्बकम्: household/kin-group
• कुटुम्बकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटुम्बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• दर्शने: in seeing/at sight
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शुभम्: auspiciousness/good
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (substantive)

• पाने: in drinking/at drinking
• पाने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• हन्यात्: would destroy
• हन्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मिथ्यया: falsely/with falsehood
• मिथ्यया: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: falsely)

Speaker

Narrative instructor voice (identity not explicit; consistent with didactic ritual section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: a person making false claims about going/seeing/drinking, while shadowy karmic forms (cracked family tree, distressed household, fading Lakṣmī-like fortune, weakened body) appear as symbolic overlays near the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Satya (truthfulness implied)
• Dharma (ethical order implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power is inseparable from truthfulness; deceit in sacred contexts rebounds as harm to family, fortune, and bodily well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse teaches dharmic conduct in the performance of sacred rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It warns against false claims connected with going, seeing, or drinking consecrated water—insisting on integrity in vow and rite.