Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

केनेदं पाप्मना शल्यं ममांतः परिचालितम् । येनाहं दुःखयुक्तोऽपि भूयो दुःखास्पदीकृतः

Transliteration

kenedaṃ pāpmanā śalyaṃ mamāṃtaḥ paricālitam | yenāhaṃ duḥkhayukto'pi bhūyo duḥkhāspadīkṛtaḥ

Translation

কোন পাপী আমার অন্তরে বিদ্ধ এই শল্যকে নাড়িয়ে দিল, যার ফলে আমি দুঃখে থেকেও আরও অধিক দুঃখের আধার হলাম?

Word by Word

• kena: by whom
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (by whom/whereby)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (this)

• pāpmanā: by sin/evil
• pāpmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• śalyam: a thorn, dart (painful object)
• śalyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (Genitive singular)

• antaḥ: within
• antaḥ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; स्थानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (inside/within)

• paricālitam: has been agitated/moved
• paricālitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√cal (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘has been stirred/moved’

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (by which/whereby)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (Nominative singular)

• duḥkhayuktaḥ: afflicted with sorrow
• duḥkhayuktaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तृतीया/सह-भावः: दुःखेन युक्तः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• api: even, though
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधान/अपि-निपातः (even/although)

• bhūyaḥ: again, further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरर्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (again/more)

• duḥkhāspadīkṛtaḥ: made a receptacle of sorrow
• duḥkhāspadīkṛtaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + āspada (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (दुःखस्य आस्पदम् → दुःखास्पद; ततः कृत-प्रत्ययान्तः: दुःखास्पदीकृतः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘made into a seat of sorrow’

Speaker

Māṇḍavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage clutches or gestures toward his torso/head as if feeling an inner dart; his face shows shock and indignation mixed with grief.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse raises the dhārmic question of agency and blame—how harm (even accidental) intersects with karma and moral accountability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dialogue occurs in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting, a sacred geography frame for moral instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral-psychological outcry that sets up the response.