Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एतेनापि च षंढेन न च भद्रमनुष्ठितम् । यत्कुब्जोऽयं हतो मूर्ध्नि याचितुं समु पस्थितः

Transliteration

etenāpi ca ṣaṃḍhena na ca bhadramanuṣṭhitam | yatkubjo'yaṃ hato mūrdhni yācituṃ samu pasthitaḥ

Translation

«وبسبب هذا الشَّنْدَه (Ṣaṇḍha) أيضًا لم يُنجَز خيرٌ؛ إذ إن هذا الأحدب الذي جاء يستجدي قد ضُرِب على رأسه.»

Word by Word

• एतेन: by this (one)
• एतेन: Karana (करण; agent/means in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• षण्डेन: by the eunuch
• षण्डेन: Karana (करण; agent/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• भद्रम्: good; welfare
• भद्रम्: Karma (कर्म; thing accomplished)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'कल्याणम्' (object/result)

• अनुष्ठितम्: was performed; was carried out
• अनुष्ठितम्: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे 'has been performed'

• यत्: since; because
• यत्: Hetu (हेतु/cause marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धे अव्यय-प्रयोग (relative particle: 'since/that')

• कुब्जः: the hunchback
• कुब्जः: Karta (कर्ता; subject of हतः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हतः: killed; struck
• हतः: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'killed/struck'

• मूर्ध्नि: on the head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• याचितुम्: to beg
• याचितुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Infinitive)

• समु: right up; closely
• समु: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (intensifier/close approach; often with verbs of coming)

• उपस्थितः: approached; came near
• उपस्थितः: Karta (कर्ता; predicate participle of कुब्जः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having approached/presented himself'

Speaker

Puṣpa (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hunchback beggar lies injured, struck on the head; the disguised accuser denounces the act, while onlookers react with alarm and confusion.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṇḍha
• kubja (hunchback)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid suspicion, harming a supplicant is portrayed as inauspicious—dharma demands restraint and right discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the focus is moral evaluation of conduct.