Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अहंकारोऽभवत्तस्य पुत्रसंपद्विनाशनः । अहंकारो भवेद्यत्र तत्र लोभो मदस्तथा

Transliteration

ahaṃkāro'bhavattasya putrasaṃpadvināśanaḥ | ahaṃkāro bhavedyatra tatra lobho madastathā

Translation

แต่แล้วอหังการ (ความยึดตน) ก็เกิดขึ้นในเขา เป็นเหตุให้บุตรและความมั่งคั่งพินาศ ที่ใดอหังการหยั่งราก ที่นั่นโลภะและมท-ความทะนงเมามัวก็เกิดตามมา

Word by Word

• अहंकारः: ego; pride
• अहंकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• पुत्रसंपद्विनाशनः: destroyer of sons and wealth
• पुत्रसंपद्विनाशनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संपद् (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्राणां संपदां विनाशनः) विशेषणम्

• अहंकारः: ego
• अहंकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• भवेत्: would arise/be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; स्थानवाचक (correlative adverb: there)

• लोभः: greed
• लोभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• मदः: intoxication; arrogance
• मदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• तथा: also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थे (also/likewise)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A once-glorious king now isolated, his crown slipping; shadowy figures labeled ego, greed, and pride loom behind him while his palace and family line fade like a mirage.

Characters & Entities

• Ahaṃkāra (ego)
• Lobha (greed)
• Mada (arrogance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ahaṃkāra is the seed of downfall; it gives rise to greed and pride, which destroy both family welfare and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse provides a universal dharma-lesson within the Setu Khaṇḍa pilgrimage framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied discipline is humility and self-restraint as part of dharmic living.