Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इतः परं मा क्रियतां द्रोहः सांबस्य शूलिनः । अद्यारभ्य त्विदं कुंडं तव नाम्ना जगत्त्रये

Transliteration

itaḥ paraṃ mā kriyatāṃ drohaḥ sāṃbasya śūlinaḥ | adyārabhya tvidaṃ kuṃḍaṃ tava nāmnā jagattraye

Translation

นับแต่นี้ไป อย่าได้กระทำการทรยศต่อพระศูลินมหาเทพ (พระศิวะ) ผู้ทรงสถิตร่วมกับพระอุมา อีกต่อไป ตั้งแต่วันนี้ สระศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้จักเลื่องลือในไตรโลกด้วยนามของท่าน

Word by Word

• itaḥ: from here; henceforth
• itaḥ: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itaḥ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘from here/thereafter’

• param: afterwards; further
• param: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable): ‘after, further’ (used adverbially)

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• kriyatām: let it be done / should be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• drohaḥ: treachery; hostility
• drohaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: droha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• sāṃbasya: of Sāmba
• sāṃbasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• śūlinaḥ: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• śūlinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūlin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन

• adya: today; now
• adya: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-rabh (आ√रभ् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having begun; starting from’

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): emphasis/contrast

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• kuṇḍam: sacred pool; basin
• kuṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन (pronoun)

• nāmnā: by (your) name; with the name
• nāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन

• jagat-traye: in the three worlds
• jagat-traye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन; समासः: जगत्+त्रये (locative) ‘in the three worlds’

Speaker

Śrī Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed in verse) Kuṇḍa named after the vānara hero (tava nāmnā)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A vānara hero (addressed as vānara-uttama/kape)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecratory moment at a forest-riverine pool: a revered speaker proclaims that betrayal against Śiva must cease, and declares the kuṇḍa to be famed by the monkey-hero’s name across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Śiva (Śūlin)
• Umā (implied by Sāmbā)
• Kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion must be joined with non-offense (aparādha-avoidance); sacred places arise from divine correction and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (sacred pool) in the Setu region, newly established to be famous across the three worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Respect toward Śiva (Sāmbā-Śūlin) and the sanctification of a kuṇḍa intended for tīrtha practices such as bathing.