Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111
Devanagari script
यस्माज्जालिकवज्जालं लोकेभ्योऽहं क्षिपामि च । तत्त्वज्ञा मां ततः प्राहुर्धर्मजालिक इत्युत
Transliteration
yasmājjālikavajjālaṃ lokebhyo'haṃ kṣipāmi ca | tattvajñā māṃ tataḥ prāhurdharmajālika ityuta
Translation
यस्मात् जालिकवत् अहं लोकेभ्यः जालं क्षिपामि, तत्त्वज्ञाः ततो मां ‘धर्मजालिकः’ इति प्राहुः॥
Word by Word
यस्मात्from which (reason/that)
यस्मात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (ablative sg., pronoun)
जालिकवत्like a net-maker
जालिकवत्:
Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजालिक + वत् (प्रातिपदिक; वत्-प्रत्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative adverb: 'like')
जालम्a net
जालम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (neut., accusative sg.)
लोकेभ्यःfrom the people/worlds
लोकेभ्यः:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन (masc., ablative pl.)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (1st pers. pron., nominative sg.)
क्षिपामिI throw/cast
क्षिपामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present indicative, 1st sg.)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
तत्त्वज्ञाःknowers of truth
तत्त्वज्ञाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व-ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; तत्त्व + ज्ञ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (masc., nominative pl.)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (1st pers. pron., accusative sg.)
ततःtherefore/then
ततः:
Sambandha (Reason/Sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
Formहेतौ/अनन्तर्ये अव्यय (therefore/then; indeclinable)
प्राहुःthey said/called
प्राहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + अह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd pl.)
धर्मजालिकःa 'dharma-netter' (one who casts a net of dharma)
धर्मजालिकः:
Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म-जालिक (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + जालिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masc., nominative sg.; predicate-noun)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
उतindeed/also
उत:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (particle: 'also/indeed')
Speaker
A repentant sinner (self-confession narrative; specific name not in snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A ‘dharma-net’ appears as a literal net made of scriptural verses and ritual tokens cast over unsuspecting people; in the background stand tattvajñas pointing out the deception.
FAQs
Using dharma as a tool to entrap and exploit others is condemned; truth-knowers recognize and name such deceit.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a moral characterization of fraudulent religiosity.