Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

स्वसाध्यं ब्रूषे मोहात्त्वं शापयोग्योऽसि बालिश । देशकालोचितं स्वीयं परस्य च बलं हृदा

Transliteration

svasādhyaṃ brūṣe mohāttvaṃ śāpayogyo'si bāliśa | deśakālocitaṃ svīyaṃ parasya ca balaṃ hṛdā

Translation

Vì mê muội, ngươi nói điều “dễ làm đối với mình”; hỡi kẻ ngu, ngươi đáng bị nguyền rủa. Trong lòng hãy cân nhắc điều hợp với nơi chốn và thời thế—sức mình và cả sức của kẻ khác nữa.

Word by Word

• sva-sādhyam: what is proper for yourself
• sva-sādhyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व) + sādhya (साध्य; √sādh साध्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘one’s own attainable/appropriate (thing)’

• brūṣe: you speak
• brūṣe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘you say/speak’

• mohāt: out of delusion
• mohāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (मोह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ‘from delusion’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; (सर्वनाम)

• śāpa-yogyaḥ: fit to be cursed
• śāpa-yogyaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāpa (शाप) + yogya (योग्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘fit for a curse’

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘you are’

• bāliśa: O fool
• bāliśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāliśa (बालिश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• deśa-kāla-ucitam: appropriate to place and time
• deśa-kāla-ucitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deśa (देश) + kāla (काल) + ucita (उचित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘appropriate to place and time’

• svīyam: your own
• svīyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svīya (स्वीय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘one’s own’

• parasya: of another (person)
• parasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (पर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of another’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• balam: strength
• balam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (बल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hṛdā: in your heart
• hṛdā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (हृद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘with/in the heart’

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing rebuke)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā delivers measured yet cutting instruction: do not speak from delusion; weigh time, place, and relative strength—an ethical lesson framed as a warning of curse-worthiness.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires discernment (viveka): act after considering time, place, and relative capacities rather than ego-driven speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is ethical instruction.