Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तं लोभयध्वं यमिनं तपःस्थानाच्च्युतिर्भवेत् । देवस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तथा अप्सरसां गणाः

Transliteration

taṃ lobhayadhvaṃ yaminaṃ tapaḥsthānāccyutirbhavet | devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tathā apsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

Translation

“จงล่อลวงฤๅษีผู้สำรวมผู้นั้น ให้เขาหลุดจากที่นั่งแห่งตบะเถิด” ครั้นได้สดับพระดำรัสของเทพแล้ว หมู่อัปสราทั้งหลายก็เตรียมพร้อมตามนั้น

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• lobhayadhvam: tempt (you all)
• lobhayadhvam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lubh (धातु) (णिच् causative: lobhaya-)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (प्रेरणार्थ)

• yaminam: the ascetic, self-controlled one
• yaminam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• tapaḥsthānāt: from the place of penance
• tapaḥsthānāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तपसः स्थानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• cyutiḥ: falling away, deviation
• cyutiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cyuti (प्रातिपदिक; √cyu (धातु) से)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• bhavet: would occur, may happen
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• vacanam: word, command
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā
• Form: अव्यय (particle: 'thus/accordingly')

• apsarasām: of the apsarases
• apsarasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• gaṇāḥ: groups, troops
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator quoting the deva’s instruction (contextually Indra/Hari’s command)

Characters & Entities

• Yamin (ascetic)
• Apsarases
• Deva (commander)
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse highlights ‘cyuti’ (spiritual lapse) as the real danger—temptation can undo years of tapas if vigilance is lost.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is implied through the reference to the ascetic’s tapas-sthāna in that sacred forest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an attempted obstruction, not a dhārmic rule.