Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

वेदविक्रयकर्तॄणां यत्पापं संप्रजायते । तेन पापेन लिप्यामि यद्यहं नागमे पुनः

Transliteration

vedavikrayakartṝṇāṃ yatpāpaṃ saṃprajāyate | tena pāpena lipyāmi yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ

Translation

Nếu con không trở lại nơi này nữa, xin cho con bị vấy nhiễm bởi tội lỗi phát sinh nơi kẻ buôn bán Kinh Veda; chính bởi tội ấy, xin cho con mang ô uế.

Word by Word

• वेदविक्रयकर्तॄणाम्: of those who sell the Veda
• वेदविक्रयकर्तॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद-विक्रय-कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; वेद + विक्रय + कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वेदविक्रयस्य कर्तारः)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संप्रजायते: arises fully / comes into being
• संप्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पापेन: by (that) sin
• पापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• लिप्यामि: I become tainted
• लिप्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• आगमे: I came / I would come
• आगमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; सन्धि-विच्छेदः: न + आगमे

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual vow/utterance within Arbuda Khaṇḍa narration; likely a pilgrim or narrator-voice within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher and student scene near a tīrtha: the Veda is shown as radiant palm-leaf manuscripts emitting light. A merchant-like figure offers coins, but the teacher refuses. The pilgrim’s vow overlays the scene: breaking the return pledge equals the sin of selling Veda.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda (Mount Abu region)
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is not a commodity; the verse pairs reverence for dharma with steadfastness toward the tīrtha through a solemn vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-kṣetra is glorified as a place where dharmic integrity is affirmed through vows.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is described; the emphasis is ethical (non-commercialization of the sacred) and devotional (returning to the tīrtha).