Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

दीनसर्वस्वहरणं नरस्त्रीगजवाजिनाम् । गोभूरत्नसुवर्णानामौषधीनां रसस्य च

Transliteration

dīnasarvasvaharaṇaṃ narastrīgajavājinām | gobhūratnasuvarṇānāmauṣadhīnāṃ rasasya ca

Translation

การปล้นชิงทรัพย์สินทั้งหมดของผู้ยากไร้ การลักพาตัวผู้คน ช้าง ม้า วัว ควาย ที่ดิน อัญมณี ทองคำ ยารักษาโรค และของมีค่า ถือเป็นบาปมหันต์

Word by Word

• dīna-sarvasva-haraṇam: taking away the entire property of the poor
• dīna-sarvasva-haraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक) + sarvasva (प्रातिपदिक) + haraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दीनस्य सर्वस्वस्य हरणम्)

• nara-strī-gaja-vājinām: of men, women, elephants, and horses
• nara-strī-gaja-vājinām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक) + gaja (प्रातिपदिक) + vājin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (नराः च स्त्रियः च गजाः च वाजिनः च)

• go-bhū-ratna-suvarṇānām: of cows, land, jewels, and gold
• go-bhū-ratna-suvarṇānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (गावः/गोः, भूमिः, रत्नानि, सुवर्णानि)

• auṣadhīnām: of medicines/herbs
• auṣadhīnām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: auṣadhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• rasasya: of essence/juice
• rasasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: a helpless household being stripped of cattle, land deeds, jewels, and medicine jars; a dharmic figure restrains the thief; in the background a Śiva-liṅga or Skanda standard signifies divine witness.

Characters & Entities

• Go (cow)
• Bhū (land)
• Ratna (jewel)
• Suvarṇa (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma demands protection of the vulnerable; depriving the helpless of their means of life is a severe moral and karmic offense.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse addresses social dharma and protection of the weak.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is dāna and protection rather than exploitation.