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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

मातुश्चरित्रं तनयो धत्ते दुर्भाषणैरिति । पिता पितेन पापीयाञ्च्छ्रुतिस्मृतिपथीनकिम्

Transliteration

mātuścaritraṃ tanayo dhatte durbhāṣaṇairiti | pitā pitena pāpīyāñcchrutismṛtipathīnakim

Translation

Người đời nói: “Bởi lời lẽ thô ác, người con bộc lộ tính nết của mẹ.” Lại nói: “Người cha còn tội hơn vì người cha trước đó—chẳng phải họ là kẻ theo con đường Śruti và Smṛti sao?”

Word by Word
मातुःof (his) mother
मातुः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
चरित्रम्conduct, character
चरित्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
तनयःthe son
तनयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतनय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
धत्तेassumes, takes up
धत्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
दुर्भाषणैःby abusive words
दुर्भाषणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्भाषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)
पिताthe father
पिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पितेनby/through the father
पितेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पापीयान्more sinful, worse
पापीयान्:
Karta (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपापीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय (comparative)
श्रुतिस्मृतिपथीनone who follows the path of śruti and smṛti
श्रुतिस्मृतिपथीन:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रुति + स्मृति + पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्रुतिस्मृत्योः पथी = one who follows the path of śruti & smṛti)
नnot
न:
Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
किम्what? / is it not?
किम्:
Prashna (Interrogative)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम (interrogative)
Speaker

Unspecified admonisher in narrative (within Skanda’s Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse to Agastya-context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau in Kāśī: townspeople murmuring censure as a son speaks harshly; elders invoke Śruti–Smṛti; the unseen presence of Viśveśvara as moral witness.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śruti
S
Smṛti

FAQs

Harsh speech stains not only the speaker but also the perceived honor of one’s family; dharma includes disciplined speech aligned with Śruti and Smṛti.

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; this is ethical instruction within the Kāśī section.

None; the focus is on moral accountability and adherence to Śruti–Smṛti norms.

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