Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अभक्ष्यादो गण्डमाली स्त्रीखादी चाऽसुतस्य कृत् । अन्यायतो ज्ञानग्राही मूर्खो भवति मानवः

Transliteration

abhakṣyādo gaṇḍamālī strīkhādī cā'sutasya kṛt | anyāyato jñānagrāhī mūrkho bhavati mānavaḥ

Translation

தடைசெய்யப்பட்ட உணவை உண்ணுபவன் கட்டிகள்/வீக்கங்களால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவனாகிறான். பெண்களைத் துஷ்பிரயோகம் செய்பவன் பிள்ளையின்மைக்குக் காரணமாகிறான். அநியாயமாக அறிவை கைப்பற்றுபவன் மூடனாகிறான்.

Word by Word

• अभक्ष्य-आदः: eater of forbidden food
• अभक्ष्य-आदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अद् (धातु) (आद-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (अभक्ष्यं अत्ति)

• गण्ड-माली: one wearing a garland of cheek-swelling/boils (diseased)
• गण्ड-माली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + माली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गण्डानां माली/मालां धारयति)

• स्त्री-खादी: woman-eater (cannibalistic/violent)
• स्त्री-खादी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + खादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (स्त्रियं खादति)

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

• असुतस्य: of a sonless man / of one without offspring
• असुतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• कृत्: doer/maker
• कृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) (कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि कृत् (agent noun)

• अन्यायतः: unjustly / by injustice
• अन्यायतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'from/through injustice'

• ज्ञान-ग्राही: one who takes/appropriates knowledge
• ज्ञान-ग्राही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (ज्ञानं गृह्णाति)

• मूर्खः: foolish
• मूर्खः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मानवः: a man/human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three moral vignettes: (1) a man consuming forbidden food, later shown with swollen gland-like tumors (gaṇḍamālā). (2) a violator of women, later shown in a barren household, symbolizing childlessness. (3) a man stealing manuscripts/cheating in learning, later depicted as dull-eyed and confused, surrounded by scattered texts.

Characters & Entities

• strī
• jñāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity in food, chastity, and righteous means of learning are essential; violating them brings disease, loss, and ignorance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; it is a general karmic-dharma instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it warns against prohibited consumption, sexual violence, and unjust acquisition of learning.