Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

विषविक्रयकर्त्तारो रसविक्रयकारकाः । वेदविक्रयकर्त्तारो भविष्यंति कलौ युगे

Transliteration

viṣavikrayakarttāro rasavikrayakārakāḥ | vedavikrayakarttāro bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge

Translation

ในกาลียุคจักมีผู้ขายพิษ ผู้ค้าขายรส/ความสำราญ และแม้กระทั่งผู้ขายพระเวทเอง

Word by Word

• विषविक्रयकर्तारः: sellers of poison
• विषविक्रयकर्तारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विषस्य विक्रयस्य कर्तारः)

• रसविक्रयकारकाः: dealers who sell essences/juices
• रसविक्रयकारकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (रसस्य विक्रयस्य कारकाः)

• वेदविक्रयकर्तारः: sellers of the Veda (knowledge)
• वेदविक्रयकर्तारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + विक्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य विक्रयस्य कर्तारः)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमाने भविष्यदर्थे), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• कलौ: in Kali
• कलौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marketplace stall labeled ‘Veda’ with scrolls being weighed like goods; beside it, vials of poison and jars of intoxicants; a true teacher turns away, offering a palm-leaf manuscript freely to a sincere student.

Characters & Entities

• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali-yuga commodifies even what should be sacred; true dharma preserves knowledge as a trust, not a merchandise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it condemns the unethical trade of harmful goods and the commercialization of Vedic learning.