Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

छेत्तारः संशयानां च लोभग्रस्ता व्रजंत्यधः । लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताश्च शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः

Transliteration

chettāraḥ saṃśayānāṃ ca lobhagrastā vrajaṃtyadhaḥ | lobhakrodhaprasaktāśca śiṣṭācārabahiṣkṛtāḥ

Translation

Ngay cả người chặt đứt nghi hoặc cũng sa đọa khi bị lòng tham chi phối. Kẻ đắm trong tham và sân bị loại khỏi nề nếp của bậc hiền thiện.

Word by Word

• छेत्तारः: cutters/destroyers
• छेत्तारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेत्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; छिद् धातोः तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• संशयानाम्: of doubts
• संशयानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• लोभग्रस्ताः: seized by greed
• लोभग्रस्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ + ग्रस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ग्रस् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• व्रजन्ति: they go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अधः: downwards/below
• अधः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताः: addicted to greed and anger
• लोभक्रोधप्रसक्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ + क्रोध + प्रसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सञ्ज्/सक् धातोः क्त, प्र-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः: excluded from proper conduct
• शिष्टाचारबहिष्कृताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टाचार + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः क्त, बहिस्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A debater cutting a knot of doubt with a sword of reasoning, but then slipping into a dark pit labeled lobha; beside him, figures of anger push him away from a circle of elders representing śiṣṭācāra.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed can undo even intellectual clarity; virtue requires steady character, not only sharp reasoning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; it is a character-based teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it warns against moral decline through greed and anger.