Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

एवं ते किंकराः सर्वे पर्यटन्नरकमण्डले । नरकेऽपि स्थितिस्तस्य नास्ति पापस्य दुर्मतेः

Transliteration

evaṃ te kiṃkarāḥ sarve paryaṭannarakamaṇḍale | narake'pi sthitistasya nāsti pāpasya durmateḥ

Translation

ดังนี้เหล่าคนรับใช้ทั้งปวงก็เที่ยววนอยู่ทั่วเขตแดนนรก สำหรับคนบาปผู้มีจิตชั่วนั้น แม้ในนรกก็ยังไม่มีที่พำนักแน่นอน

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• किंकराः: servants; attendants
• किंकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of किंकराः)

• पर्यटन्: wandering about
• पर्यटन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+अट् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नरक-मण्डले: in the circle/region of hell
• नरक-मण्डले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षासूचक

• स्थितिः: abode; staying
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पापस्य: of the sinner/evil one
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्मतेः: of the evil-minded one
• दुर्मतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणार्थे (genitive apposition to पापस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama’s attendants roam a circular hellscape, dragging a sinner from sector to sector; signboards or distinct terrains suggest multiple hells; the sinner never allowed to settle.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṃkaras (Yama’s attendants)
• Naraka (hell)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Severe wrongdoing destabilizes one’s post-death condition—there is no peace or settled state for the evil-minded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Revā-khaṇḍa moral narrative on karmic retribution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the verse describes the consequence (unsettled suffering) rather than a rite.