Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
Devanagari script
भवन्त्येतानि सर्वाणि लुब्धानामकृतात्मनाम् । सुमहां त्यपि सास्त्राणि धारयंति बहुश्रुताः
Transliteration
bhavantyetāni sarvāṇi lubdhānāmakṛtātmanām | sumahāṃ tyapi sāstrāṇi dhārayaṃti bahuśrutāḥ
Translation
एतानि सर्वदोषरूपाणि लुब्धेष्वकृतात्मसु जायन्ते। बहुश्रुताः सुमहान्यपि शास्त्राणि धारयन्तोऽपि तेष्वेव पतन्ति॥
Word by Word
भवन्तिthey become/occur
भवन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
एतानिthese (things)
एतानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
लुब्धानाम्of the greedy
लुब्धानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootलुब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; लुभ् धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
अकृतात्मनाम्of the undisciplined (uncontrolled-souled)
अकृतात्मनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअकृतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
सुमहानिvery great
सुमहानि:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + महान् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
शास्त्राणिtreatises/scriptures
शास्त्राणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
धारयन्तिthey hold/retain
धारयन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
बहुश्रुताःthe learned (much-heard)
बहुश्रुताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु + श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; श्रु धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A learned reciter holding palm-leaf manuscripts, surrounded by scriptures, while a shadowy figure of greed coils around his heart; the contrast between outer scholarship and inner impurity is foregrounded.
FAQs
Learning alone does not purify; without self-discipline, greed still produces moral collapse.
No site is mentioned in this verse.
None; the emphasis is on ethical transformation rather than ritual performance.