Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

नानेतव्या भवद्भिश्च मम लोकं कदाचन । वर्ज्यास्ते हि प्रयत्नेन पापिनोऽपि सदैव हि

Transliteration

nānetavyā bhavadbhiśca mama lokaṃ kadācana | varjyāste hi prayatnena pāpino'pi sadaiva hi

Translation

تم لوگ انہیں کبھی بھی میرے لوک میں نہ لانا۔ ان سے پوری کوشش کے ساتھ ہمیشہ کنارہ کرنا چاہیے—اگرچہ وہ گنہگار ہی کیوں نہ ہوں۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ānetavyāḥ: to be brought
• ānetavyāḥ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/passive necessity); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावः—‘आनेयाः’ (to be brought)

• bhavadbhiḥ: by you (hon.)
• bhavadbhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• lokam: to (my) world
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kadācana: ever/at any time
• kadācana: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• varjyāḥ: to be avoided
• varjyāḥ: Karya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛj/√varj (धातु) + ya (कृत्)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वर्जनीयाः’ (to be avoided)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• prayatnena: with effort
• prayatnena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• pāpinaḥ: sinful
• pāpinaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (te)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even)

• sadaiva: always
• sadaiva: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā + eva (अव्यय-समासवत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः (always indeed)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

Speaker

Yama/Kāla (injunction to his messengers; consistent with the surrounding passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dūtas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Divine command to messengers: do not escort pretenders to the divine realm; depict a threshold—some are turned away despite Śaiva garb.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Kāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with Śiva is portrayed as a powerful shield, limiting the jurisdiction of punitive forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative milieu, but it is not a direct tirtha-praise verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed; it is an administrative command to Yama’s attendants regarding whom not to take.