Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

विक्रीणाति क्रतुं यस्तु मद्यपः स्याद्द्विजस्तु यः । राजद्रोही स्वर्णचौरो ब्रह्मवृत्तिविलोपकः

Transliteration

vikrīṇāti kratuṃ yastu madyapaḥ syāddvijastu yaḥ | rājadrohī svarṇacauro brahmavṛttivilopakaḥ

Translation

ผู้ขายยัญญะ ผู้เป็นทวิชะแล้วดื่มสุรา ผู้ทรยศต่อพระราชา ผู้ลักทอง และผู้ทำลายเลี้ยงชีพที่กำหนดไว้แก่พราหมณ์—ทั้งหมดนี้ประกาศว่าเป็นผู้กระทำผิดใหญ่

Word by Word

• विक्रीणाति: sells
• विक्रीणाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+क्री (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• क्रतुम्: a sacrifice/rite
• क्रतुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः/अवधारणार्थकः (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• मद्यपः: a drunkard (wine-drinker)
• मद्यपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्य+प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• स्यात्: would be/may become
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• द्विजः: a Brahmin; twice-born
• द्विजः: Karta/Predicate nominative (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• राजद्रोही: a traitor to the king
• राजद्रोही: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्+द्रोहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• स्वर्णचौरः: a thief of gold
• स्वर्णचौरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण+चौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• ब्रह्मवृत्तिविलोपकः: one who destroys Brahmin livelihood/means of subsistence
• ब्रह्मवृत्तिविलोपकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म+वृत्ति+विलोपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa (Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A civic-dharma tableau: a corrupted ritual marketplace and a repentant offender contrasted with a righteous patron supporting brāhmaṇas; a king’s emblem signifies rāja-dharma; a gold object symbolizes suvarṇa-steya.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by integrity in ritual, sobriety, loyalty, and non-theft; violating these corrodes both society and spiritual life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra (within Prabhāsa Kṣetra), whose Māhātmya frames pilgrimage as aligned with ethical living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it censures commodifying sacrifice (kratu) and other adharma acts.