Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

एवं तस्य फलं जातं सद्यस्तीर्थस्य भंगजम् । आनर्ताधिपते रौद्रं सर्वलोकविगर्हितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ tasya phalaṃ jātaṃ sadyastīrthasya bhaṃgajam | ānartādhipate raudraṃ sarvalokavigarhitam

Translation

এইদৰে আনৰ্তৰ অধিপতিলৈ তীৰ্থ-ভংগৰ পৰা জন্ম লোৱা তৎক্ষণাৎ ফল আহিল—ৰৌদ্ৰ স্বভাৱৰ, আৰু সকলো লোকৰ দ্বাৰা নিন্দিত।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner-adverb)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• फलम्: result, fruit
• फलम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/Acc.); एकवचन

• जातम्: arisen, happened
• जातम्: Kriyā (Predicative/verb-idea)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘जात’ = arisen/occurred

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (time-adverb)

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha (sacred place)
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• भंगजम्: born from destruction/breaking
• भंगजम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘भङ्गात् जातम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• आनर्ताधिपते: O lord of Ānarta
• आनर्ताधिपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘आनर्तस्य अधिपतिः’); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• रौद्रम्: terrible, fierce
• रौद्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• सर्वलोकविगर्हितम्: condemned by all people/worlds
• सर्वलोकविगर्हितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival predicate of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + विगर्हित (√गर्ह् + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘सर्वैः लोकैः विगर्हितम्’/‘सर्वलोकस्य विगर्हितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta continues; verse summarizes the moral consequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha (associated with Rudraśīrṣa-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ (foremost brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ruler of Ānarta commits a transgressive act at a sacred tīrtha; the atmosphere turns fierce—omens, public outrage, and the sense of instant karmic recoil.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• ānartādhipati (lord/king of Ānarta)
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desecration or ‘breaking’ a tīrtha invites swift karmic retribution; sacred geography is upheld as a living moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya’s featured tīrtha (associated with a kuṇḍa and prāsāda) is upheld by warning against its violation; the exact name is supplied by the surrounding chapter context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the consequence (phala) of tīrtha-bhaṅga rather than a practice.