Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

गुरुनिंदाभवेद्यत्र परिवादस्तु यत्र च । श्रुती पिधाय वास्थेयं यातव्यं वा ततोन्यतः

Transliteration

guruniṃdābhavedyatra parivādastu yatra ca | śrutī pidhāya vāstheyaṃ yātavyaṃ vā tatonyataḥ

Translation

جہاں مرشدِ کامل کی توہین ہو اور جہاں بہتان و بدگوئی ہو، وہاں کان بند کر کے ہی ٹھہرنا چاہیے؛ ورنہ وہاں سے اٹھ کر کسی اور جگہ چلے جانا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• गुरुनिन्दा: censure of the teacher
• गुरुनिन्दा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः निन्दा)

• भवेत्: may occur / would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• परिवादः: slander / abusive talk
• परिवादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (where)

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

• श्रुती: (one’s) two ears
• श्रुती: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; ‘श्रुती’ = कर्णौ (ears)

• पिधाय: having closed
• पिधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पिधा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘पिधाय’ = पिधाय/पिधाय (having closed)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• आस्थेयम्: should be stayed (there)
• आस्थेयम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्था (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/Obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आस्थेयम्’ = आस्थातव्यम् (should be stayed/should remain)

• यातव्यम्: should be departed
• यातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यातव्यम्’ = should be gone

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (or)

• ततः: from there / thereafter
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/देश-कालबोधक (from there/thereafter)

• अन्यतः: elsewhere
• अन्यतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशाबोधक (elsewhere)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Characters & Entities

• Guru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not participate in or absorb slander; protecting one’s hearing and company safeguards faith and dharmic integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is delivered within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa milieu of Kāśī, a sacred domain that demands purity of speech and conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical observance: cover the ears to avoid hearing guru-slander, or leave that place entirely.