Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र लघुता हेतुमहंकारं विहाय च । दूषणारोपणे यत्नं कुर्वाणं सज्जनेष्वपि

Transliteration

sarvatra laghutā hetumahaṃkāraṃ vihāya ca | dūṣaṇāropaṇe yatnaṃ kurvāṇaṃ sajjaneṣvapi

Translation

ہر جگہ پستی کا سبب بننے والے غرور کو چھوڑ دو؛ اور نیک لوگوں میں بھی عیب جوئی اور الزام تراشی کی کوشش نہ کرو۔

Word by Word

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• लघुताम्: lightness, triviality, meanness
• लघुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लघुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• हेतुम्: cause
• हेतुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• अहंकारम्: egoism, pride
• अहंकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• विहाय: having given up
• विहाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) — gerund ‘having abandoned’; from √हा with उपसर्ग वि

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

• दूषण-आरोपणे: in imputing blame
• दूषण-आरोपणे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘दूषणस्य आरोपणम्’

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• कुर्वाणम्: doing, making
• कुर्वाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (परस्मैपदी), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Present active participle ‘doing/making’; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सज्जनेषु: among good people
• सज्जनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Plural

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = even/also; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ) — particle

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija addressee / pilgrim-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of pilgrims at a Kāśī ghat: one points accusingly, while another bows to a saint; the accusatory figure’s shadow is shaped like ‘ahaṅkāra,’ contrasted with a luminous aura around the humble pilgrim.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renounce ego and the habit of fault-finding; respect for the virtuous is a pillar of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s instruction section; it supports the spiritual culture that makes Kāśī a dharma-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is specified; it prescribes inner conduct: humility and restraint in speech/judgment.