Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 158
Devanagari script
परिवादं न श्रृमुयादन्येषामपि जल्पताम् । सदा चा कर्णयेद्धमास्त्यक्त्वा कृत्यशतान्यपि
Transliteration
parivādaṃ na śrṛmuyādanyeṣāmapi jalpatām | sadā cā karṇayeddhamāstyaktvā kṛtyaśatānyapi
Translation
不应听闻诽谤之语，即便他人正在谈论亦然。宁可搁置百般事务，也应常常倾听正法（达摩）之教诲。
Word by Word
परिवादम्slander, backbiting
परिवादम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
शृणुयात्should listen (to)
शृणुयात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; पाठभेदः—IAST ‘śrṛmuyād’ अशुद्धलेखः, अपेक्षितं ‘शृणुयात्’
अन्येषाम्of others
अन्येषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)
जल्पताम्(of) those speaking
जल्पताम्:
Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootजल्प् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘जल्पत्’ = speaking; ‘अन्येषाम् ... जल्पताम्’ = ‘of others who are speaking’
सदाalways
सदा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात
आfully, attentively
आ:
Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (अव्यय)
Formउपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (intensifier/limit ‘up to, fully’)
कर्णयेत्should listen/hear
कर्णयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकर्णय् (धातु) (णिच्)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: ‘make hear’ = listen attentively)
धर्मान्duties, righteous teachings
धर्मान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; पाठभेदः—IAST ‘dhamās’ अशुद्धलेखः, अपेक्षितं ‘धर्मान्’
त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned
त्यक्त्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)
कृत्य-शतानिhundreds of tasks
कृत्य-शतानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कृत्यानि शतानि = hundreds of tasks)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim turns away from a group engaged in gossip; instead he sits near a sage reciting dharma, with listeners attentive, manuscripts and rosaries present.
Characters & Entities
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DharmaFAQs
Guard the mind by refusing slander and nourish it through constant listening to dharma.
None; it is a general instruction on ethical listening and dharma-study.
A discipline of śravaṇa: deliberately avoid hearing slander and prioritize hearing dharma.