Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

परिज्ञाय यतो धर्मांस्तस्मै यो द्वेषमाचरेत् । अवजानाति वा विप्रान्ब्रह्महा सोपि कीर्तितः

Transliteration

parijñāya yato dharmāṃstasmai yo dveṣamācaret | avajānāti vā viprānbrahmahā sopi kīrtitaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดรู้ว่าเขาเป็นผู้สั่งสอนธรรมะแล้วกลับยังผูกเวรเกลียดชัง หรือดูหมิ่นพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ผู้นั้นก็ถูกกล่าวว่าเป็นผู้กระทำพราหมณ์ฆาต (พรหมหัตยา) เช่นกัน

Word by Word

• परिज्ञाय: having fully known
• परिज्ञाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), धातु: √ज्ञा (to know) उपसर्ग: परि-

• यतः: from whom/therefore
• यतः: Sambandha (हेतु/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), अर्थ: 'from/wherefrom/therefore'

• धर्मान्: duties/laws
• धर्मान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (pronoun), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• द्वेषम्: hatred
• द्वेषम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dveṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आचरेत्: should practice/acts (with)
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; धातु: √चर् (to practice) उपसर्ग: आ-

• अवजानाति: disrespects
• अवजानाति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; धातु: √ज्ञा (to know) उपसर्ग: अव-; अर्थ: 'to disrespect'

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विकल्पार्थक (or)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्महा: slayer of a Brahmin
• ब्रह्महा: Karta/Predicative (उपपद-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-han (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ब्रह्मणः हन्ता; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• कीर्तितः: is declared/called
• कीर्तितः: Kriya (Predicate, passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; धातु: √कीर्त्/√कीर्तय् (to proclaim)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (dvijottamas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dharma-teacher seated with śāstra in hand; a proud man turns away in contempt; the cosmic weight of the offense is hinted by darkened aura, while in the distance the luminous Setu-kṣetra promises purification.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected by honoring its teachers and custodians; hatred and contempt toward them is portrayed as a ruinous sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within Setu Māhātmya, preparing the ground for the tīrtha’s extraordinary purificatory claims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it prescribes ethical conduct—respect toward dharma-teachers and brāhmaṇas.