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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

मूर्खाचरितमेतद्धि मन्मातुरुचितं न हि । अन्यत्संसारसारं च सारमन्यच्च मोहिताः

Transliteration

mūrkhācaritametaddhi manmāturucitaṃ na hi | anyatsaṃsārasāraṃ ca sāramanyacca mohitāḥ

Translation

ఇటువంటి మూర్ఖపు ప్రవర్తన నా తల్లికి తగదు. మోహానికి గురైన వారు వేరే దేనినో సంసార సారం అని అనుకుంటారు, కానీ నిజమైన సారం వేరే ఉంది.

Word by Word
mūrkha-ācaritamfoolish conduct
mūrkha-ācaritam:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmūrkha (प्रातिपदिक) + ācarita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from ā√car)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); विधेय (predicate)
etatthis
etat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); विशेष्य-निर्देश
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Emphasis/Reason/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle) = 'indeed/for'
matmy
mat:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive) (in compound)
mātuḥof (my) mother
mātuḥ:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive)
ucitamproper/fitting
ucitam:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootucita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √uc)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); 'etat' इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषण = 'proper'
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (negation particle)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle) = 'indeed' (reinforcing)
anyatsomething else
anyat:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (here as predicate/contrast 'something else')
saṃsāra-sāramthe essence of saṃsāra
saṃsāra-sāram:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; 'essence of worldly existence'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction) = 'and'
sāramessence
sāram:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; 'essence' (as contrasted item)
anyatsomething else
anyat:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; 'something else'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction) = 'and'
mohitāḥdeluded (people)
mohitāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmohita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √muh)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative); बहुवचन-कर्तृ (people)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: महीसागरसंगम (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mother (within scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The son’s expression turns firm; he indicates two paths—one toward the waves (impulsive despair), another toward a symbolic ‘inner path’ (dharma/jñāna). The mother appears chastened yet receptive.

FAQs

It condemns foolish attachment and urges discernment: what people call the ‘essence’ of life is often misidentified due to delusion.

No site is named; the verse is ethical-philosophical rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.

None; the focus is on correcting deluded valuation and cultivating viveka (discrimination).

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