Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

शिवाश्रमतरूणां च पुष्पारामविनाशनम् । अयाज्यानां याजनं चाप्ययाच्यानां च याचनम्

Transliteration

śivāśramatarūṇāṃ ca puṣpārāmavināśanam | ayājyānāṃ yājanaṃ cāpyayācyānāṃ ca yācanam

Translation

شیو کے آشرموں کے درختوں کو برباد کرنا اور پھولوں کے باغ اجاڑ دینا؛ نااہل لوگوں کے لیے یَجْن کرانا، اور جن سے مانگنا مناسب نہیں اُن سے بھیک مانگنا—یہ سب مذموم اعمال ہیں۔

Word by Word

• शिव: Śiva
• शिव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे; 'of Śiva'

• आश्रम: hermitage
• आश्रम: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद) प्रातिपदिक; 'hermitage/monastery'

• तरूणाम्: of trees
• तरूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

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

• पुष्प: flowers
• पुष्प: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद) प्रातिपदिक; 'flowers'

• आराम: garden
• आराम: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद) प्रातिपदिक; 'garden/park'

• विनाशनम्: destruction
• विनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियानाम (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; act of destruction)

• अयाज्यानाम्: of those who should not be sacrificed for / are not fit recipients of sacrifice
• अयाज्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयाज्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• याजनम्: officiating sacrifice for (improper persons)
• याजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याजन (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् (धातु) + णिच् + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियानाम (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; causing to sacrifice/performing sacrifice for others)

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• अयाच्यानाम्: of those from whom one should not beg / improper to ask
• अयाच्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयाच्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

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

• याचनम्: begging, asking
• याचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याचन (प्रातिपदिक; √याच् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियानाम (Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; act of begging)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivāśrama (generic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva-āśrama with flowering trees and a puṣpārāma; a careless man felling trees is contrasted with devotees tending the garden for liṅga-pūjā; a priest refuses an unfit patron’s request, upholding ritual integrity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred spaces and sacred acts must be protected: harming Śaiva sanctuaries and corrupting ritual propriety undermines dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse broadly defends Śiva-āśramas and sacred gardens as holy environments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It addresses ritual eligibility: do not officiate for the ayājya, and do not solicit from the ayācya.