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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

ऋषय ऊचुः । इष्टमेतद्द्विजातीनां यस्त्वया शपथः कृतः । त्वया कृतं बिसस्तैन्यं सर्वेषां नः शुनोमुख

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | iṣṭametaddvijātīnāṃ yastvayā śapathaḥ kṛtaḥ | tvayā kṛtaṃ bisastainyaṃ sarveṣāṃ naḥ śunomukha

เหล่าฤๅษีกล่าวว่า: “สิ่งนี้แลเป็นที่ปรารถนาของเหล่าทวิชะ ที่ท่านได้ปฏิญาณไว้; แต่โอ้ศุโนมุข การลักก้านบัวของพวกเราทั้งหมดนั้น ท่านเป็นผู้กระทำต่อพวกเราทุกคน”

ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
इष्टम्desired, acceptable
इष्टम्:
Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट (कृदन्त; इष्/यज्-सम्भव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
द्विजातीनाम्of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
द्विजातीनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (जाति-आधार), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वे जात्यौ येषां ते)
यःwhich/that (oath) which
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
शपथःoath
शपथः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
कृतःmade, done
कृतः:
Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त (PPP)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
कृतम्done, committed
कृतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त (PPP)
बिसस्तैन्यम्theft of lotus-stalks
बिसस्तैन्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबिस + स्तैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
नःof us/our
नः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक
शुनोमुखO Śunomukha
शुनोमुख:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootशुनोमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Listener: Śunomukha

Scene: A circle of sages respond with measured reproach, pointing to missing lotus-stalks in a pond; their faces show restrained disappointment rather than anger, emphasizing dharmic correction.

Ṛṣayaḥ
Ś
Śunomukha

FAQs

Even when one speaks of dharma, wrongdoing (like theft) must be acknowledged and addressed truthfully.

The broader setting is Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Ṛṣitīrtha Māhātmya context.

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it frames a moral issue (theft) within a dharma dialogue.