Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132
Devanagari script
उद्वेजयति भूतानि यथा चौरास्तथैव सः । नरकं याति पापात्मा नित्योद्वेगकरस्त्वसौ
Transliteration
udvejayati bhūtāni yathā caurāstathaiva saḥ | narakaṃ yāti pāpātmā nityodvegakarastvasau
Translation
他使众生惊惧，如同盗贼一般；因此，那罪心之人——恒常制造不安者——必堕地狱。
Word by Word
udvejayatidisturbs / frightens
udvejayati:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√udvij (धातु) णिच् (causative)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त—‘causes to be distressed’
bhūtānibeings
bhūtāni:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
yathāas / like
yathā:
Sambandha (Comparator/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formउपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)
caurāḥthieves
caurāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcaura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
tathāso / likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formतुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
narakamhell
narakam:
Karma (Goal/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnaraka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
yātigoes
yāti:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
pāpa-ātmāsinful-souled person
pāpa-ātmā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पापः आत्मा यस्य’ (descriptive)
nitya-udvega-karaḥconstant causer of distress
nitya-udvega-karaḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक) + udvega (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘नित्यम् उद्वेगं करोति’
tuindeed / but
tu:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
asauthat one
asau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम—‘that person’
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A stark moral allegory: a persistent harasser-beggar looming like a thief, householders and animals recoiling; in the background, a symbolic vision of naraka as a warning—balanced by a contrasting scene of peaceful, dignified receiving through charity halls.
FAQs
Causing continual fear and disturbance to others is a grave ethical fault with severe karmic consequence.
No tīrtha is mentioned; it is a conduct-based admonition.
None; it warns against actions that harm and frighten others.