Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

नाद्रीणां न समुद्राणां न द्रुमाणां महीयसाम् । भूतधात्र्यास्तथा भारो यथा स्वामिद्रुहां महान्

Transliteration

nādrīṇāṃ na samudrāṇāṃ na drumāṇāṃ mahīyasām | bhūtadhātryāstathā bhāro yathā svāmidruhāṃ mahān

Translation

ไม่ว่าภูเขา มหาสมุทร หรือไม้ใหญ่ทั้งหลาย ก็หาได้ถ่วงหนักพระธรณีผู้ทรงอุ้มชูสรรพสัตว์เท่ากับภาระอันใหญ่หลวงของผู้ทรยศต่อเจ้านายของตนไม่

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अद्रीणाम्: of mountains
• अद्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• समुद्राणाम्: of oceans
• समुद्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• द्रुमाणाम्: of trees
• द्रुमाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• महीयसाम्: of the great/very large
• महीयसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्रुमाणाम्)

• भूतधात्र्याः: of the sustainer of beings (Earth)
• भूतधात्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + धात्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूतानां धात्री)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner: 'thus/so')

• भारः: burden
• भारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/तुलनावाचक (comparative: 'as/like')

• स्वामिद्रुहाम्: of those who betray their master
• स्वामिद्रुहाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् + द्रुह् (धातु) → द्रुह (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वामिनः द्रुहः = lord-betrayers)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भारः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhūdevī (Earth) personified, steady yet strained, while mountains, oceans, and great trees appear light; a dark, oppressive shadow labeled ‘svāmi-droha’ presses upon her, contrasted with a small lamp of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Betraying one’s rightful lord or benefactor is a severe adharma, portrayed as an unbearable moral weight upon the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is an ethical maxim within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse teaches moral restraint and fidelity as dharma.