Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

व्यवहारे च्छलग्राही भृत्यग्रस्तो भवेन्नरः । सदा पुरुषरोगी स्यात्परदाररतो नरः

Transliteration

vyavahāre cchalagrāhī bhṛtyagrasto bhavennaraḥ | sadā puruṣarogī syātparadārarato naraḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดจับเอาเล่ห์กลในการค้าขายและการติดต่อ ผู้นั้นย่อมถูกบ่าวไพร่และผู้อยู่ในอุปการะกดขี่. ส่วนชายผู้หลงใหลในภรรยาผู้อื่น ย่อมถูกโรคร้ายแรงเบียดเบียนอยู่เสมอ.

Word by Word

• vyavahāre: in dealings/litigation
• vyavahāre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyavahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• chala-grāhī: one who resorts to deceit
• chala-grāhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chala (प्रातिपदिक) + grāhin (प्रातिपदिक; √grah/ग्रह्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (छलं गृह्णाति इति/छलग्राही)

• bhṛtya-grastaḥ: overpowered by servants
• bhṛtya-grastaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + grasta (कृदन्त; √gras/ग्रस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (भृत्यैः ग्रस्तः)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• puruṣa-rogī: one afflicted with a male-disease
• puruṣa-rogī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + rogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पुरुषरोगः यस्य/पुरुषरोगी)

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• para-dāra-rataḥ: attached to others' wives
• para-dāra-rataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (कृदन्त; √ram/रम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (परदारेषु रतः)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A market or court of arbitration where a man uses trickery in dealings; later he is shown harassed by his own servants. Parallel vignette: a clandestine meeting with another’s wife, followed by a figure afflicted with sores/fever, illustrating karmic disease.

Characters & Entities

• vyavahāra
• para-dāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honesty in dealings and fidelity in relationships uphold dharma; deceit and adultery invite social ruin and chronic affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse addresses universal dharma in social life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes ethical restraint—truth in transactions and avoidance of para-dāra.