Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 162

Devanagari script

त एव सर्वे खलु पापलोकान्गच्छंति नूनं वचनात्स्मृतेश्च

Transliteration

ta eva sarve khalu pāpalokāngacchaṃti nūnaṃ vacanātsmṛteśca

Translation

بے شک ایسے سب لوگ یقیناً گناہ گار جہانوں میں جاتے ہیں—یہ بات مقدّس تعلیم اور سمرتی کے احکام دونوں بیان کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; विशेषण

• khalu: indeed/surely
• khalu: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: khalu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/assurance)

• pāpa-lokān: sinful worlds/realms of sin
• pāpa-lokān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापानां लोकाः)

• gacchanti: go
• gacchanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present) प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd) बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• nūnam: certainly
• nūnam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• vacanāt: from (the) statement/command
• vacanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचनम्

• smṛteḥ: from tradition/Smṛti
• smṛteḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Vṛtra (addressing the Asuras)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment in a war-camp setting: a speaker invoking Śruti and Smṛti as witnesses, with listeners chastened by the prospect of pāpa-lokas; distant Himalayan austerity implied by Kedāra frame.

Characters & Entities

• Smṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions against dharma have karmic consequences, affirmed by both scripture and tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is described in this line; it is a general dharma statement within Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse cites Smṛti as normative authority for moral consequence.