Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

रसभेदी तुलाभेदी तथा वार्द्धुषिकस्तु यः । यः कन्याविघ्नकर्ता च तथा विक्रयकारकः

Transliteration

rasabhedī tulābhedī tathā vārddhuṣikastu yaḥ | yaḥ kanyāvighnakartā ca tathā vikrayakārakaḥ

Translation

ผู้ปลอมปนสินค้า ผู้โกงตาชั่งและมาตรา และผู้ประกอบดอกเบี้ยกินเปล่า; ผู้ขัดขวางการสมรสอันชอบธรรมของหญิงสาว และผู้ขายนาง—

Word by Word

• रसभेदी: adulterator of goods (lit. one who tampers with ‘rasa’)
• रसभेदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक) + भिद् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (भिद्-धातोः कर्तरि णिनि/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त 'भेदी'), समासः कर्म-तत्पुरुषः (रसं भिनत्ति/मिश्रयति)

• तुलाभेदी: one who falsifies weights/scales
• तुलाभेदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक) + भिद् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (भिद्-धातोः कर्तरि णिनि/इन्-प्रत्ययान्त), समासः कर्म-तत्पुरुषः (तुलां भिनत्ति/दूषयति)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• वार्द्धुषिकः: usurer/moneylender
• वार्द्धुषिकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्द्धुषिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; जातिवाचक-शब्दः (वृद्ध्युपजीवी/व्याजजीवी—usurer)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (particle: 'indeed/but')

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• कन्याविघ्नकर्ता: one who causes obstacles to a maiden
• कन्याविघ्नकर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (कृ-धातोः कर्तरि तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त 'कर्ता'), समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कन्यायाः विघ्नं करोति)

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

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• विक्रयकारकः: seller/trader (one who makes sales)
• विक्रयकारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (कृ-धातोः कर्तरि ण्वुल्/अ-प्रत्ययान्त 'कारक'), समासः कर्म-तत्पुरुषः (विक्रयं करोति)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bazaar scene fades into a riverside: dishonest scales and tainted goods are symbolically cast away; the pilgrim offers corrected weights and charity before bathing at the śūla-marked ghāṭa.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma includes economic honesty and protection of vulnerable persons; exploitation is treated as serious moral failure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha is the implied sacred focus of the surrounding phalaśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the verse lists transgressions later said to be removed by Śūlabheda’s power.