Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

अभिपश्यन्न कुर्वीत मलमूत्रविसर्ज नम् । मुखेनोपधमेन्नाग्निं नग्नां नेक्षेत योषितम्

Transliteration

abhipaśyanna kurvīta malamūtravisarja nam | mukhenopadhamennāgniṃ nagnāṃ nekṣeta yoṣitam

Translation

อย่าขับถ่ายโดยเหลียวมองไปมา อย่าเป่ากองไฟด้วยปาก และอย่าจ้องมองสตรีที่เปลือยกาย

Word by Word

• abhipaśyan: while looking at
• abhipaśyan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + paś (पश् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘looking at/seeing’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kurvīta: should do
• kurvīta: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष? (actually मध्यम/उत्तम not; here general injunction: 3rd person singular), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should do’

• mala-mūtra-visarjanam: evacuation of feces and urine
• mala-mūtra-visarjanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mala + mūtra + visarjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मलस्य मূत्रस्य च विसर्जनम्)

• mukhena: with the mouth
• mukhena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• upadhamet: should blow
• upadhamet: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + dham (धम् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should blow’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• agnim: fire
• agnim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• nagnām: a naked (woman)
• nagnām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagnā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (context: ‘a naked woman’)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• īkṣeta: should look at
• īkṣeta: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘should look’

• yoṣitam: a woman
• yoṣitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An āśrama courtyard: a small sacred fire burns; an attendant fans it with a palm-leaf fan; nearby, a path screened by foliage suggests privacy and modest conduct; the scene emphasizes restraint rather than spectacle.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches sadācāra—self-restraint, cleanliness, reverence, and modesty as foundations for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is primarily a dharma/ācāra injunction within the Dharmāraṇya section; it does not directly praise a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Behavioral prescriptions are given: do not relieve oneself while looking around, do not blow on sacred fire with the mouth, and avoid immodest gazing—supporting śauca (purity) and respectful conduct.