Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

देवतिर्यङ्मनुष्याद्या निरयं यांति मानवाः । चंदनागरुकर्पूरप्रमुखा अतिशोभनाः

Transliteration

devatiryaṅmanuṣyādyā nirayaṃ yāṃti mānavāḥ | caṃdanāgarukarpūrapramukhā atiśobhanāḥ

Translation

มนุษย์เมื่อถูกมัดด้วยโมหะย่อมไปสู่นรก ไม่ว่าจะเกิดเป็นเทวะ เป็นสัตว์เดรัจฉาน หรือเป็นมนุษย์ก็ตาม จันทน์ อะการู การบูร และสิ่งอื่นใดแม้หอมและงดงามยิ่ง ก็ยังอยู่ในแดนแห่งสรรพสิ่งอันไม่เที่ยง

Word by Word

• देव-तिर्यङ्-मनुष्य-आद्याः: gods, animals, humans, etc.
• देव-तिर्यङ्-मनुष्य-आद्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + तिर्यङ् (प्रातिपदिक) + मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—देवाश्च तिर्यञ्चश्च मनुष्याश्च (dvandva) + आद्य (etc.)

• निरयम्: hell
• निरयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• चन्दन-अगरु-कर्पूर-प्रमुखाः: (things) like sandal, aloe-wood, camphor, etc.
• चन्दन-अगरु-कर्पूर-प्रमुखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + अगरु (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—चन्दनं च अगरु च कर्पूरं च (dvandva) + प्रमुख (chief among)

• अतिशोभनाः: very beautiful
• अतिशोभनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; 'अति' as intensifier

Speaker

Unspecified teacher (continuing admonition against delusion of sense-objects)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: kapi (vānara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tray of sandalwood, agaru, and camphor emits fragrant smoke; behind it, a fading garland and ash symbolize perishability; the teacher warns the vānara about naraka born of delusion.

Characters & Entities

• Candana
• Agaru
• Karpūra
• Niraya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to alluring sense-objects leads to karmic decline; beauty and fragrance do not guarantee spiritual good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu–Rāmeśvaram sacred setting of Setukhaṇḍa frames the warning: tīrtha merit is protected by detachment and right conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical-philosophical caution against ensnarement in sensory allure.