Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

एतेऽतिपापिनो ज्ञेया नित्यं लोभसमन्विताः । जनको युवनाश्वश्च वृषादर्भिः प्रसेनजित्

Transliteration

ete'tipāpino jñeyā nityaṃ lobhasamanvitāḥ | janako yuvanāśvaśca vṛṣādarbhiḥ prasenajit

Translation

这些人应当被知为罪业极重者，恒常与贪欲相连——阇那迦、尤瓦那湿婆、弗利沙达尔毗与普罗塞那吉特。

Word by Word

• एते: these (persons)
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अतिपापिनः: very sinful
• अतिपापिनः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ज्ञेयाः: to be known (as)
• ज्ञेयाः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त; भाव्य/कर्तव्य)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• लोभसमन्विताः: endowed with greed
• लोभसमन्विताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अन्वि धातोः क्त, सम्-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जनकः: Janaka
• जनकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• युवनाश्वः: Yuvanāśva
• युवनाश्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवनाश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• वृषादर्भिः: with Vṛṣādarbhi
• वृषादर्भिः: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषादर्भि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रसेनजित्: Prasenajit
• प्रसेनजित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसेनजित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), contextually within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage points to a scroll listing four royal figures; behind each name appears a faint vignette of a king weighed down by a heavy sack labeled lobha, showing the burden of greed across reigns.

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• Yuvanāśva
• Vṛṣādarbhi
• Prasenajit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed is portrayed as a persistent inner fault that leads even prominent rulers toward grave sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as ethical instruction using named exemplars.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on identifying greed as a source of pāpa (sin).