Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74
Devanagari script
शिखोपवीतमजिनं मौजीं दंडं कमंडलुम् । ब्रह्मचर्योचितं चिह्नं विहायेमां दशां गतः
Transliteration
śikhopavītamajinaṃ maujīṃ daṃḍaṃ kamaṃḍalum | brahmacaryocitaṃ cihnaṃ vihāyemāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ
Translation
抛弃了发髻、圣线、鹿皮、穆贾草腰带、手杖和水壶——这些梵行期（Brahmacarya）应有的标志——他沦落到了这种境地。
Word by Word
शिखोपवीतम्topknot and sacred thread
शिखोपवीतम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśikhā + upavīta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (शिखा च उपवीतं च)
अजिनम्deerskin garment
अजिनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootajina (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
मौजीम्muñja-girdle
मौजीम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmaujī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
दण्डम्staff
दण्डम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
कमण्डलुम्water-pot
कमण्डलुम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkamaṇḍalu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
ब्रह्मचर्योचितम्befitting brahmacarya
ब्रह्मचर्योचितम्:
Karman (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahmacarya + ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; चिह्नम् इति विशेषणम्
चिह्नम्mark/insignia
चिह्नम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcihna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
विहायhaving abandoned
विहाय:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootvi + √hā (हा धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय/ल्यप्), अव्ययभाव: having abandoned
इमाम्this
इमाम्:
Karman (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; दशाम् इति विशेषणम्
दशाम्state/condition
दशाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaśā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
गतःhas gone/entered
गतः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam/गम्)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (as predicate participle)
Speaker
Sārasvata
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King (Pārthiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A youth formerly a brahmacārin is shown without his sacred insignia; discarded items (staff, water-pot, deer-skin, girdle) lie aside, symbolizing a broken vow.
FAQs
Āśrama-dharma is portrayed as a lived discipline with visible vows; when dharma is overturned, one’s spiritual-social identity is also shaken.
None.
No new prescription is given; the verse lists brahmacarya insignia (upavīta, daṇḍa, kamaṇḍalu, etc.) as markers of vowed life.