Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

पुनः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य तदेव शिवमन्दिरम् । बलिपिंडादिलोभेन पुनर्द्वारमुपागतः

Transliteration

punaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tadeva śivamandiram | balipiṃḍādilobhena punardvāramupāgataḥ

Translation

Sau khi lại đi nhiễu quanh chính ngôi đền thờ Śiva ấy, vì lòng tham những viên bột cúng (pinda) và các lễ vật khác, ông lại trở về nơi cửa đền.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: having circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिणी√कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (having done)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• शिवमन्दिरम्: Śiva's temple
• शिवमन्दिरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (accusative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śivasya mandiram)

• बलिपिण्डादिलोभेन: due to greed for the offering-balls etc.
• बलिपिण्डादिलोभेन: Hetu/Kāraṇa (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण/हेतु), एकवचन (instrumental singular); समासः—(बलिपिण्डादिषु) लोभः इति; तृतीया-हेतौ (because of)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• द्वारम्: the door
• द्वारम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• उपागतः: arrived, came near
• उपागतः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप√गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having come/arrived)

Speaker

Rājā (narrating his own experience to the Queen)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A restless figure repeatedly circumambulates a Śiva temple, then returns to the doorway, eyes fixed on offerings, hands half-extended in craving; the sanctum glows while the threshold casts a sharp shadow.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-mandira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when one comes near a sacred shrine, lingering greed can pull the mind back to the threshold; devotion should be free from craving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva-mandira (Śiva temple) is central; the verse highlights temple-proximity and its moral testing, though no named tīrtha appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of the Śiva temple is explicitly mentioned.