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

జాలం వేసేవాడిలా నేను ప్రజలపై జాలం విసిరేవాడను; అందుకే తత్త్వజ్ఞులు నన్ను ‘ధర్మజాలికుడు’—ధర్మం పేరుతో వల నేసేవాడు—అని పిలిచారు.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from which (reason/that)
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (ablative sg., pronoun)

• जालिकवत्: like a net-maker
• जालिकवत्: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जालिक + वत् (प्रातिपदिक; वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative adverb: 'like')

• जालम्: a net
• जालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (neut., accusative sg.)

• लोकेभ्यः: from the people/worlds
• लोकेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन (masc., ablative pl.)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (1st pers. pron., nominative sg.)

• क्षिपामि: I throw/cast
• क्षिपामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present indicative, 1st sg.)

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

• तत्त्वज्ञाः: knowers of truth
• तत्त्वज्ञाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व-ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; तत्त्व + ज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (masc., nominative pl.)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (1st pers. pron., accusative sg.)

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Sambandha (Reason/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: हेतौ/अनन्तर्ये अव्यय (therefore/then; indeclinable)

• प्राहुः: they said/called
• प्राहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd pl.)

• धर्मजालिकः: a 'dharma-netter' (one who casts a net of dharma)
• धर्मजालिकः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-जालिक (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + जालिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masc., nominative sg.; predicate-noun)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उत: indeed/also
• उत: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/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

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Using dharma as a tool to entrap and exploit others is condemned; truth-knowers recognize and name such deceit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral characterization of fraudulent religiosity.