Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
राजा भूत्वा न यः सम्यग्विचारयति वादिनम् । तस्य तत्पातकं घोरं राज्ञश्चैव प्रजायते
Transliteration
rājā bhūtvā na yaḥ samyagvicārayati vādinam | tasya tatpātakaṃ ghoraṃ rājñaścaiva prajāyate
Translation
যি জন ৰজা হৈও বাদীজনৰ নিবেদন সম্যকভাৱে বিচাৰ নকৰে, সেই ৰজাৰ ওপৰতেই সেই ভয়ংকৰ পাপ-পাতক উদ্ভৱ হয়।
Word by Word
राजाa king
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
विचारयतिexamines, judges
विचारयति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + चर् (धातु) [णिच्]
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'cause to be examined'/to examine)
वादिनम्the litigant/speaker
वादिनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्-पातकम्that sin/crime
तत्-पातकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् एव पातकम्)
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of पातकम्)
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
एवindeed, certainly
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)
प्रजायतेarises, accrues
प्रजायते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + जन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Narrative context (Didactic statement within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta or a dharma-instructor figure)
Characters & Entities
K
King (rājā)L
Litigant (vādin)FAQs
Righteous governance requires careful inquiry; failure in justice becomes a grave karmic fault for the ruler.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as dharma-teaching within a broader tīrtha narrative.
None in this verse; it sets up the need for later purification practices.