Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तथैवापेयपेयाश्च ये च स्वगुरुनिन्दकाः । निषेधका ये दानानां पात्रदानपराङ्मुखाः

Transliteration

tathaivāpeyapeyāśca ye ca svagurunindakāḥ | niṣedhakā ye dānānāṃ pātradānaparāṅmukhāḥ

Translation

اسی طرح جو وہ چیزیں پئیں جو پینے کے لائق نہیں، جو اپنے گرو کی توہین کریں؛ جو خیرات کے کاموں میں رکاوٹ ڈالیں، اور جو اہل مستحق کو دان دینے سے منہ موڑیں—وہ سب بھی یہاں شامل ہیں۔

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• apeyapeyāḥ: drinkers of forbidden drinks
• apeyapeyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apeya (प्रातिपदिक; a- + √pā ‘to drink’, य-प्रत्यय; ‘not to be drunk’) + peya (प्रातिपदिक; √pā, य-प्रत्यय; ‘drinkable’)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘drinkers of what should not be drunk (and) drinkable’ (context: illicit drinking)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• svagurunindakāḥ: slanderers of their own guru
• svagurunindakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक) + nindaka (प्रातिपदिक; √nind धातु)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sva-guroḥ nindakaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• niṣedhakāḥ: prohibitors/obstructors
• niṣedhakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣedhaka (प्रातिपदिक; नि-√sidh/√sedh ‘to forbid’, ण्वुल्/अक-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• dānānām: of gifts/charity
• dānānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• pātradānaparāṅmukhāḥ: turned away from giving to worthy recipients
• pātradānaparāṅmukhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāṅmukha (प्रातिपदिक; para + āṅ + mukha ‘turned away’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (pātre dāne parāṅmukhāḥ / pātradānāt parāṅmukhāḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), inferred

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages / Revā-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ghat scene where a former drunkard pours out a liquor vessel onto dry ground (renunciation), then bathes; another man who once blocked charity now helps distribute food to pilgrims; a guru figure is honored with flowers; Revā flows steadily as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Dāna
• Pātra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by self-restraint and support of charity; disrespect to the guru and blocking dāna are treated as serious moral failures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā tīrtha-region (Narmadā) is the setting in which such sinners are later said to find release through divine grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna is highlighted: giving to worthy recipients (pātra-dāna) and not obstructing charity.