Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्गोत्रे तु ये जाता पाकयज्ञरताः सदा । लोभिनः क्रोधिनश्चैव प्रजायन्ते बहुप्रजाः

Transliteration

asmingotre tu ye jātā pākayajñaratāḥ sadā | lobhinaḥ krodhinaścaiva prajāyante bahuprajāḥ

Translation

لیکن اس گوتر میں پیدا ہونے والوں میں کچھ لوگ ہمیشہ پاکَیَجْن (گھریلو رسومات) میں ہی لگے رہتے ہیں۔ وہ لالچی اور غصہ ور ہو کر کثیر اولاد والے بن جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गोत्रे: gotra/lineage
• गोत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

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

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (born)

• पाक-यज्ञ-रताः: devoted to pākayajñas
• पाक-यज्ञ-रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘पाकयज्ञेषु रताः’ (devoted to pākayajñas/domestic rites)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• लोभिनः: greedy
• लोभिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्रोधिनः: wrathful
• क्रोधिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रजायन्ते: are born/arise
• प्रजायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• बहु-प्रजाः: having many children
• बहु-प्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘बह्वी प्रजा येषाम्’ (having many offspring)

Speaker

Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Contrast scene: a household fire-rite performed mechanically while shadow-figures of greed and anger loom; in the background, many children symbolize ‘bahu-prajā’, suggesting worldly expansion without inner peace.

Characters & Entities

• Pākayajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual activity alone is not the measure of dharma; inner faults like greed and anger weaken spiritual stature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse contrasts character types within a lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pākayajñas (domestic sacrificial rites) are referenced as practices some remain attached to.