Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

स्पृष्टवांश्च स्तनौ तस्याः सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः । स्पृष्टाभ्यां च स्तनाभ्यां च तत्क्षणाद्द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

spṛṣṭavāṃśca stanau tasyāḥ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ | spṛṣṭābhyāṃ ca stanābhyāṃ ca tatkṣaṇāddvijasattamāḥ

Translation

সকলো লোকৰ দৃষ্টিৰ আগতে সি তাইৰ স্তন স্পৰ্শ কৰিলে; আৰু যি মুহূর্ততে সেই স্তন স্পৰ্শ হ’ল, হে শ্ৰেষ্ঠ দ্বিজসকল—

Word by Word

• स्पृष्टवान्: having touched
• स्पृष्टवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्तवत् (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात (conjunction)

• स्तनौ: (two) breasts
• स्तनौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all people
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वः लोकः)

• पश्यतः: while (all) watched
• पश्यतः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense via genitive absolute/सापेक्ष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (कृदन्त; √दृश्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/पश्यत्); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘while (he/they) were seeing’/‘in the sight of’

• स्पृष्टाभ्याम्: by the touched (breasts)
• स्पृष्टाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पृष्ट (कृदन्त; √स्पृश्)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त; तृतीया, द्विवचन; (स्तनाभ्याम् इति विशेषणम्) ‘by the touched (ones)’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात

• स्तनाभ्याम्: by (the two) breasts
• स्तनाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्मिन् क्षणे)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां सत्तमाः)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a crowded assembly, the brāhmaṇa touches the woman’s breasts; faces of onlookers show astonishment; the moment is frozen just before the miracle manifests.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• brāhmaṇa (dvija)
• assembly/people (sarvaloka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative underscores that acts affecting purity are not merely private; they are accountable within social and dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this shloka; the verse functions as part of a larger tīrtha-centered chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is stated here; it narrates the act that is framed elsewhere as requiring prāyaścitta.