Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

न प्रद्वेषस्ततः कार्यो ब्राह्मणेषु विजानता । प्रद्वेषेणाशु नश्यन्ति ब्रह्मशापहता नराः

Transliteration

na pradveṣastataḥ kāryo brāhmaṇeṣu vijānatā | pradveṣeṇāśu naśyanti brahmaśāpahatā narāḥ

Translation

لہٰذا جو سمجھ رکھتا ہو اسے برہمنوں کے خلاف عداوت نہیں رکھنی چاہیے؛ عداوت سے انسان جلد ہلاک ہو جاتے ہیں، برہمنی قوت سے پیدا ہونے والی بددعا کے مارے۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• pradveṣaḥ: hatred, malice
• pradveṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradveṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tataḥ: therefore, from that
• tataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तस्मात्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/हेतुवाचक (from that/therefore)

• kāryaḥ: to be done, should be done
• kāryaḥ: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (कृ-धातु से, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृ-धातु, यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/कर्तव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• brāhmaṇeṣu: among/with regard to Brahmins
• brāhmaṇeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• vijānatā: by one who knows/understands
• vijānatā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi√jñā (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: विज्ञा-धातु (vi√jñā), शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• pradveṣeṇa: by/through hatred
• pradveṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradveṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time/manner)

• naśyanti: perish, are destroyed
• naśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• brahmaśāpahatāḥ: struck by the curse of Brahmins
• brahmaśāpahatāḥ: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahma-śāpa-hata (प्रातिपदिक; brahma + śāpa + hata)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः शापः → ब्रह्मशापः; तेन हताः), कृदन्त: √han (हन्) क्त-प्रत्यय 'हत'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; नराः-विशेषण

• narāḥ: men, people
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary scene: a man consumed by anger turns away from a calm Brāhmaṇa; a dark, script-like ‘śāpa’ aura emanates, and the man’s fortune—crown, wealth, health—visibly withers, while the tīrtha landscape remains serene, emphasizing moral causality.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Brahma-śāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Brāhmaṇa-dveṣa is a grave adharma with swift karmic consequences, framed as the force of brahma-śāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya teaches protective ethics for pilgrims and rulers alike.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoidance of offense (aparādha-nivṛtti): do not engage in hatred toward Brāhmaṇas.