Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ये शीतेन प्रबाध्यंते वेप माना मुहुर्मुहुः । देवस्वानां च हर्तारो ब्राह्मणानां विशेषतः

Transliteration

ye śītena prabādhyaṃte vepa mānā muhurmuhuḥ | devasvānāṃ ca hartāro brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่ถูกความหนาวกัดกร่อนกดขี่ จนสั่นสะท้านซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า—ผู้นั้นคือผู้ลักทรัพย์ของเทวสถาน และโดยเฉพาะผู้ปล้นทรัพย์ของพราหมณ์

Word by Word

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शीतेन: by cold
• शीतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• प्रबाध्यन्ते: are afflicted
• प्रबाध्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (धातु) with प्र-
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• वेपमानाः: trembling
• वेपमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेपमान (कृदन्त; √वेप् धातु, शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति; कालवाचक अव्यय

• देव-स्वानाम्: of temple/god’s property
• देव-स्वानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘property/wealth’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष समास; ‘property of the gods’ (genitive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• हर्तारः: stealers
• हर्तारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √हृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृ-शब्द (agent noun)

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय; from विशेष)
• Form: रीतिवाचक/विशेषणार्थक अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a brāhmaṇa (dvijottama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cold, bleak naraka landscape: thieves shiver under biting winds and frost, trembling repeatedly; the punishment is environmental—cold as the inverse of the warmth of rightful giving and sacred hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Deva (temple property)
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Stealing from sacred endowments (devasva) and from brāhmaṇas is treated as a severe offense, urging reverence for sacred trust.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Prabhāsakṣetra; the māhātmya promotes protection of sacred institutions associated with holy places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the dharmic directive is non-appropriation of devasva and respect for religious endowments.