Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
यो यज्ञो दक्षिणाहीनो यश्चाशौचयुतैः कृतः । ब्रह्मचर्यविहीनस्तु तत्फलं ते भविष्यति
Transliteration
yo yajño dakṣiṇāhīno yaścāśaucayutaiḥ kṛtaḥ | brahmacaryavihīnastu tatphalaṃ te bhaviṣyati
Translation
ยัญใดกระทำโดยไร้ทักษิณา หรือกระทำโดยผู้มีอาเศาจะ (มลทินพิธีกรรม) หรือกระทำโดยปราศจากพรหมจรรย์—โอผู้ถูกเรียกขาน ผลของยัญนั้นจักตกเป็นส่วนของท่าน
Word by Word
यःwhich
यः:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘which/that’
यज्ञःsacrifice
यज्ञः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (sacrifice)
दक्षिणा-हीनःlacking priestly fee
दक्षिणा-हीनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘devoid of dakṣiṇā (fees/gifts)’ (qualifying यज्ञः)
यःwhich
यः:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun (second clause)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’
अशौच-युतैःby impure persons
अशौच-युतैः:
Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअशौच (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘by those possessed of impurity’ (qualifying agent of कृतः)
कृतःperformed
कृतः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘done/performed’ (agreeing with यज्ञः)
ब्रह्मचर्य-विहीनःlacking celibacy/discipline
ब्रह्मचर्य-विहीनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘devoid of brahmacarya’ (qualifying implied यज्ञः)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात — ‘indeed/but’
तत्-फलम्that result
तत्-फलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘that fruit/result’
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular ‘your’
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Future ‘will be’
Speaker
Brahmā (Lokapitāmaha), addressing the Rākṣasa
Characters & Entities
B
BrahmāR
RākṣasaY
YajñaD
DakṣiṇāA
AśaucaB
BrahmacaryaFAQs
Ritual acts lacking dharmic supports—dakṣiṇā, purity, and self-restraint—lose sanctity and their merit can be misdirected.
The broader frame is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Tīrthamāhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Give proper dakṣiṇā, observe śauca (ritual purity), and maintain brahmacarya during yajña/śrāddha performance.