Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इंद्रो हि जारभावाच्च चंद्रो हि गुरुतल्पगः । यमः कदर्यभावाच्च चंचलत्वात्सदागतिः

Transliteration

iṃdro hi jārabhāvācca caṃdro hi gurutalpagaḥ | yamaḥ kadaryabhāvācca caṃcalatvātsadāgatiḥ

Translation

อินทราเพราะจิตแห่งนักยั่วยวน; จันทราเพราะเป็นผู้ล่วงละเมิดแท่นบรรทมของครู; ยมะเพราะสันดานตระหนี่—ดังนี้ด้วยความแปรปรวน จึงมักเอนเอียงสู่ความเสื่อมอยู่เสมอ

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: None (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• जारभावात्: due to adulterous nature
• जारभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जार (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जारस्य भावः)

• च: and
• च: None (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चन्द्रः: Candra (Moon)
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: None (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• गुरुतल्पगः: one who goes to the teacher’s bed (violator)
• गुरुतल्पगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + तल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक; गम् (धातु) + अ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः तल्पं गच्छति इति)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कदर्यभावात्: due to miserly nature
• कदर्यभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कदर्यस्य भावः)

• च: and
• च: None (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चञ्चलत्वात्: due to fickleness
• चञ्चलत्वात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चञ्चलत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: None (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• अगतिः: without refuge / helplessness
• अगतिः: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience; implicitly the devas being described/criticized

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical portrayal of Indra, Candra, and Yama each shadowed by their respective vice—seduction, illicit desire, miserliness—while a motif of ‘fickleness’ (wind-tossed banner, wavering flame) signals perpetual instability and fall.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Candra
• Yama
• Guru (preceptor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted beings fall when driven by vice; dharma requires steadiness, restraint, and reverence for the guru.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames these faults as reasons to seek Śiva’s grace connected with Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as moral diagnosis rather than a ritual injunction.