Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः सा लज्जयाविष्टा स्वरक्तप्लावितानना । विषण्णा निषसादाथ संनिविष्टा धरातले

Transliteration

tataḥ sā lajjayāviṣṭā svaraktaplāvitānanā | viṣaṇṇā niṣasādātha saṃniviṣṭā dharātale

Translation

তখন সে লজ্জায় অভিভূত হয়ে পড়ল এবং নিজের রক্তে প্লাবিত মুখে বিষণ্ন মনে সেই ধরাতলে বসে পড়ল।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/then)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• लज्जया: with shame
• लज्जया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/instrumental); एकवचन

• आविष्टा: overcome/possessed
• आविष्टा: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• स्व-रक्त-प्लावित-आनना: with face drenched in her own blood
• स्व-रक्त-प्लावित-आनना: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + प्लावित (कृदन्त) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः; विशेषणम् (whose face is flooded with her own blood)

• विषण्णा: dejected
• विषण्णा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• निषसाद: sat down
• निषसाद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• संनिविष्टा: seated/settled
• संनिविष्टा: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• धरातले: on the ground
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/locative); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman sits on the earth, shoulders slumped; her face is smeared or flooded with blood; the atmosphere is heavy with shame and fear after a failed attack or sudden reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When wrongdoing fails, inner conscience (lajjā) and sorrow arise—signals prompting repentance and a turn toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.