Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

वणिग्वृत्ते न संबंधे न विवाहे कदाचन । ग्रामवृत्ते न संबंधः सर्वस्थाने बहिष्कृताः

Transliteration

vaṇigvṛtte na saṃbaṃdhe na vivāhe kadācana | grāmavṛtte na saṃbaṃdhaḥ sarvasthāne bahiṣkṛtāḥ

Translation

ในกิจการค้าขายอย่าคบหาสมาคมกับเขา และอย่ามีพันธะสมรสเป็นอันขาด แม้ในกิจการของหมู่บ้านก็อย่ามีความเกี่ยวข้อง; ทุกสถานที่พึงกันเขาไว้นอกวง (ให้ถูกกีดกัน)

Word by Word

• वणिग्वृत्ते: in the merchants’ occupation/context
• वणिग्वृत्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वणिज् (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वणिजां वृत्तिः/वणिग्वृत्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• संबंधे: in relation/association
• संबंधे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• न: nor/not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• विवाहे: in marriage
• विवाहे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• कदाचन: Temporal modifier (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ग्रामवृत्ते: in village affairs/occupation
• ग्रामवृत्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ग्रामस्य वृत्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• संबंधः: association/relationship
• संबंधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सर्वस्थाने: in every place
• सर्वस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘सर्वं स्थानम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• बहिष्कृताः: excluded/outcast
• बहिष्कृताः: Predicate (State/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहिस् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), ‘excluded’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual instruction within the Dharmāraṇya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation board or herald announces that the expelled group is barred from trade, marriage alliances, and village councils; townspeople keep physical distance at the market and well.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text emphasizes maintaining communal boundaries as part of the local dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse reflects regulatory norms within the Dharmāraṇya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns social relations (trade, village dealings, and marriage).