Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

देवस्वभोक्तुः क्रोडास्य ब्राह्मणस्वस्यभोजिनः । विदार्योदरमस्याशु विट्कीटैः परिपूरय

Transliteration

devasvabhoktuḥ kroḍāsya brāhmaṇasvasyabhojinaḥ | vidāryodaramasyāśu viṭkīṭaiḥ paripūraya

Translation

جو دیوتا کی مِلک کھائے اور جو برہمن کے مال کو ہڑپ کرے، اسے سور مُنہ بنا دو؛ اس کا پیٹ فوراً چاک کر کے گندگی سے پیدا کیڑے بھر دو۔

Word by Word

• देवस्वभोक्तुः: of the consumer of temple property
• देवस्वभोक्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भोक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: देवस्य स्वं (देवस्व) भुङ्क्ते इति (one who consumes temple property)

• क्रोडास्य: of the boar-snouted one
• क्रोडास्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोड (प्रातिपदिक) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः: क्रोडम् आस्यं यस्य (one whose mouth is like a boar’s snout)

• ब्राह्मणस्वस्यभोजिनः: of the eater of a Brahmin’s property
• ब्राह्मणस्वस्यभोजिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजिन् (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: ब्राह्मणस्य स्वं भुङ्क्ते इति (one who eats a Brahmin’s property)

• विदार्य: having ripped open
• विदार्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि + दॄ/दर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund): ‘having torn open’

• उदरम्: the belly
• उदरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: काल/रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb): शीघ्रम् (quickly)

• विट्कीटैः: with filth-worms/maggots
• विट्कीटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विट् (प्रातिपदिक) + कीट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: विट्सु कीटाः/विट्-कीटाः (worms bred in excrement)

• परिपूरय: fill completely
• परिपूरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पूर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The offender is made boar-faced; his belly is split and filled with filth-bred worms—an image of revulsion matching the impurity of consuming sacred and brāhmaṇa wealth.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (temple deity)
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred trusts—temple resources and Brahmin support—must not be exploited; misuse is treated as a heavy transgression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśī-māhātmya setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing the sanctity of religious life in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it implies the dharmic duty to protect devasva and to honor Brahmins through rightful support rather than theft.