Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

चण्डोवाच । स्वामिनः प्रतिकूलास्तु धर्मद्वेषं करोतु च । साधुद्वेषपरा चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या

Transliteration

caṇḍovāca | svāminaḥ pratikūlāstu dharmadveṣaṃ karotu ca | sādhudveṣaparā caiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yā

Translation

旃陀说道：“凡与其夫为敌，滋长对法（dharma）之憎，专以轻蔑贤善为乐，并且行盗——纵是细微如莲丝（bisa）——者，当知其为罪人。”

Word by Word

• चण्डः: Caṇḍa (name)
• चण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• स्वामिनः: of the master
• स्वामिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रतिकूलाः: hostile, adverse
• प्रतिकूलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (adversative/emphatic)

• धर्मद्वेषम्: hatred of dharma
• धर्मद्वेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करोतु: let (him/her) do
• करोतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• साधुद्वेषपरा: devoted to hating the good
• साधुद्वेषपरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• बिसस्तैन्यम्: theft of lotus-stalks
• बिसस्तैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिस (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करोति: does, commits
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• या: who (she)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Caṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembly within the tīrtha narrative (implied sages/companions)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic assembly where Caṇḍa enumerates marks of sin: a woman turning away from her husband, scowling at dharma, mocking sādhus, and secretly taking lotus-fibres from a sacred pond.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍa
• dharma
• sādhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by loyalty, reverence for the virtuous, and honesty; hatred toward dharma and saints, along with even “small” theft, leads to demerit (pāpa) and spiritual decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse itself is ethical instruction within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; the focus is on condemning anti-dharmic conduct such as sādhu-dveṣa and theft.