Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अभिमानोतिकोपश्च दांभिकत्वं कृतघ्नता । अत्यंतविषयासक्तिः कार्पण्यं शाठ्यमत्सरम्

Transliteration

abhimānotikopaśca dāṃbhikatvaṃ kṛtaghnatā | atyaṃtaviṣayāsaktiḥ kārpaṇyaṃ śāṭhyamatsaram

Translation

تکبر اور حد سے بڑھا ہوا غضب، ریاکاری اور ناشکری؛ حواس کی چیزوں سے شدید وابستگی، بخل، فریب اور حسد—یہ سب مذموم اوصاف ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अभिमान: pride, self-conceit
• अभिमान: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• उति: excess, overdoing
• उति: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

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

• दांभिकत्वम्: hypocrisy, pretentiousness
• दांभिकत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दांभिकत्व (प्रातिपदिक; दांभिक + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• कृतघ्नता: ingratitude
• कृतघ्नता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्नता (प्रातिपदिक; कृतघ्न + ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• अत्यन्त: excessively, extremely
• अत्यन्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: 'excessively')

• विषय: sense-objects, pleasures
• विषय: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (as first member in compound; 'of objects/sense-objects')

• आसक्तिः: attachment
• आसक्तिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• कार्पण्यम्: miserliness, meanness
• कार्पण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• शाठ्यम्: deceit, knavery
• शाठ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाठ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular)

• मत्सरम्: envy, jealousy
• मत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: a sādhaka at a Śiva-āśrama gate sees personified vices—Pride, Anger, Hypocrisy, Envy—being turned away, while virtues—Humility, Gratitude, Generosity—are welcomed toward a liṅga shrine.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner vices destroy dharma; spiritual life requires purification of character—especially anger, hypocrisy, greed, deceit, and envy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is praised in this verse; it is a moral inventory meant to support dharmic living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it emphasizes ethical discipline as the foundation for fruitful worship and pilgrimage.