Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ये गुरुं चावमन्यंते तेवमान्या मयाप्यहो । तस्माद्गुरूपदिष्टं हि कुरु शिष्यसमीहितम्

Transliteration

ye guruṃ cāvamanyaṃte tevamānyā mayāpyaho | tasmādgurūpadiṣṭaṃ hi kuru śiṣyasamīhitam

Translation

ผู้ใดลบหลู่พระคุรุ โอ้หนอ ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นที่รังเกียจแม้แก่เรา; เพราะฉะนั้น จงกระทำตามที่คุรุได้สั่งสอนโดยเคร่งครัด ให้สำเร็จตามธรรมของศิษย์ที่พึงประสงค์

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• गुरुम्: the guru
• गुरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अवमन्यन्ते: disrespect, slight
• अवमन्यन्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अवमान्याः: are to be dishonored (deserve contempt)
• अवमान्याः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवमान्य (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् + ण्यत्)
• Form: ण्यत्-प्रत्यय (Gerundive/To be despised), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षा-अव्यय (also/even)

• अहो: indeed! alas!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादि-निपात (exclamatory particle)

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• गुरूपदिष्टम्: what is instructed by the guru
• गुरूपदिष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु-उपदिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√दिश् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गुरुणा उपदिष्टम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थ-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिष्यसमीहितम्: what the disciple desires
• शिष्यसमीहितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य-समीहित (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√ईह् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शिष्यस्य समीहितम्)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; continuing instruction about guru-reverence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvakarman / disciple-figure

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern admonition: the deity declares that those who insult the guru are rejected; the disciple is urged to fulfill the guru’s instruction—an ethical pivot scene with gravity.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress depends on humility and reverence; contempt for the Guru undermines devotion itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific tirtha; it supports the Kāśī-māhātmya by establishing the dharmic ethic required of pilgrims and devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following guru-upadeśa (the Guru’s instruction) as a binding observance for the disciple.