Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104
Devanagari script
छेत्तारः संशयानां च लोभग्रस्ता व्रजंत्यधः । लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताश्च शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः
Transliteration
chettāraḥ saṃśayānāṃ ca lobhagrastā vrajaṃtyadhaḥ | lobhakrodhaprasaktāśca śiṣṭācārabahiṣkṛtāḥ
Translation
संशयच्छेत्तारोऽपि लोभग्रस्ताः अधो व्रजन्ति। लोभक्रोधपरायणाः शिष्टाचारात् बहिष्कृताः भवन्ति॥
Word by Word
छेत्तारःcutters/destroyers
छेत्तारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootछेत्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; छिद् धातोः तृच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
संशयानाम्of doubts
संशयानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
लोभग्रस्ताःseized by greed
लोभग्रस्ताः:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootलोभ + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ग्रस् धातोः क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
व्रजन्तिthey go
व्रजन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
अधःdownwards/below
अधः:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधः (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताःaddicted to greed and anger
लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताः:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootलोभ + क्रोध + प्रसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सञ्ज्/सक् धातोः क्त, प्र-)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताःexcluded from proper conduct
शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिष्टाचार + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः क्त, बहिस्-उपसर्ग)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A debater cutting a knot of doubt with a sword of reasoning, but then slipping into a dark pit labeled lobha; beside him, figures of anger push him away from a circle of elders representing śiṣṭācāra.
FAQs
Greed can undo even intellectual clarity; virtue requires steady character, not only sharp reasoning.
No tīrtha is referenced; it is a character-based teaching.
None; it warns against moral decline through greed and anger.