Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

पाखंडिनो दुर्जनाः पापशीला विप्रं दृष्ट्वा चोद्धता उन्मदाश्च । वध्यास्त्याज्याः सद्भिरेवंविधा हि तस्मादेनं शापितुं चोद्यतोऽस्मि

Transliteration

pākhaṃḍino durjanāḥ pāpaśīlā vipraṃ dṛṣṭvā coddhatā unmadāśca | vadhyāstyājyāḥ sadbhirevaṃvidhā hi tasmādenaṃ śāpituṃ codyato'smi

Translation

พวกนอกรีตเช่นนี้—ชั่วร้ายและมีนิสัยบาป—แม้เห็นพราหมณ์ก็ยังหยิ่งผยองและคลุ้มคลั่ง คนเช่นนี้สมควรถูกผู้ดีลงโทษและขับไล่ ฉะนั้นข้าจึงตั้งใจจะสาปเขา

Word by Word

• pākhaṇḍinaḥ: hypocrites
• pākhaṇḍinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pākhaṇḍin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; पाखण्डिनः = hypocrites/heretics

• durjanāḥ: wicked people
• durjanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• pāpaśīlāḥ: of sinful conduct
• pāpaśīlāḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + śīla (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (durjanāḥ)

• vipram: a brahmin
• vipram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); √दृश् = having seen

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• uddhatāḥ: arrogant
• uddhatāḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uddhata (प्रातिपदिक; √han/√dhā? lexical adj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (durjanāḥ)

• unmadāḥ: mad
• unmadāḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: unmada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (durjanāḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• vadhyāḥ: fit to be slain
• vadhyāḥ: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vadhya (प्रातिपदिक; √vadh (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘to be killed’

• tyājyāḥ: fit to be abandoned
• tyājyāḥ: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyājya (प्रातिपदिक; √tyaj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘to be abandoned’

• sadbhīḥ: by the good (people)
• sadbhīḥ: Karana/Agent-in-passive (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सत् = good people

• evaṃvidhāḥ: such (people)
• evaṃvidhāḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (एवंविध = of such kind); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (pākhaṇḍinaḥ/durjanāḥ)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: tad)
• Form: अव्ययभावे पञ्चमी-एकवचन (तस्मात्) = therefore/from that

• enam: him
• enam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; एनम् = him

• śāpituṃ: to curse
• śāpituṃ: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śap (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive); √शप् = to curse

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• udyataḥ: ready/intent
• udyataḥ: Karta-anvayi (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udyata (प्रातिपदिक; √yam (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणं (aham)

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; √अस् = to be

Speaker

Dakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa assembly within the story; also purāṇic audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, eyes widened and brows knit, declares that such ‘heretics’ are to be punished and announces his intention to curse; brāhmaṇas react—some approving, some uneasy—while the yajña fire flares.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Brāhmaṇa (vipra)
• Śiva (implied target of the curse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Condemning the divine under the guise of moral judgment is itself adharma; anger-driven speech becomes the cause of one’s own fall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is praised; the verse continues the Naimiṣāraṇya-based conflict narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it announces an intended curse (śāpa), not a prescribed rite.