Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च मदमानादयः परे । अधर्मस्य सुता आसन्सर्वे नरकनायकाः

Transliteration

kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca madamānādayaḥ pare | adharmasya sutā āsansarve narakanāyakāḥ

Translation

کاما (خواہش)، کرودھ (غصہ)، لوبھ (لالچ) اور دیگر جیسے مدہوشی اور غرور—یہ سب اَدھرم کے بیٹے تھے؛ اور یہ سب نرک کے سردار بن گئے۔

Word by Word

• कामः: desire
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• लोभः: greed
• लोभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• मद-मान-आदयः: pride, arrogance, and others
• मद-मान-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) + मान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/सूच्य-तत्पुरुषः ('मदमानादयः' = 'मदः मानः आदयश्च'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• परे: others, additional
• परे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• अधर्मस्य: of adharma
• अधर्मस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमा-पुरुषः, बहुवचन (Imperfect, 3rd person plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• नरक-नायकाः: leaders of hell
• नरक-नायकाः: Predicate nominal (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक) + नायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('नरकस्य नायकाः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified vices emerging from a dark figure labeled Adharma: Kāma with bow/flowers, Krodha with flaming eyes, Lobha clutching coins, Mada with wine-cup, Māna with raised chin; they stand as wardens at the gate of a gloomy naraka-city.

Characters & Entities

• Adharma
• Kāma
• Krodha
• Lobha
• Mada
• Māna
• Naraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner vices are treated as concrete powers that drive beings toward suffering; mastering them is essential for dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is an ethical-cosmological mapping of vices to naraka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied discipline is restraint over kāma, krodha, and lobha.