Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अन्यजन्मोद्भवं किंचिन्मम पापं सुदारुणम् । येनेमां च दशां प्राप्तः सहसा मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

anyajanmodbhavaṃ kiṃcinmama pāpaṃ sudāruṇam | yenemāṃ ca daśāṃ prāptaḥ sahasā munisattama

Translation

নিশ্চয়ই আমার অন্য জন্মজাত কোনো অতিভয়ংকর পাপ আছে, যার ফলে, হে মুনিসত্তম, আমি হঠাৎ এই অবস্থায় পতিত হয়েছি।

Word by Word

• अन्यजन्मोद्भवम्: arisen from another birth
• अन्यजन्मोद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अन्यस्मिन् जन्मनि उद्भवम् = born from another birth)

• किंचित्: some
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितपरिमाणवाचक (some)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सुदारुणम्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (intensified by सु-)

• येन: by which
• येन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/हेतौ (by which/through which)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• दशाम्: condition/state
• दशाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: (I) have reached
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: suddenly)

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (munīnām sattamaḥ)

Speaker

King (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, distressed, gestures toward his own chest as if confessing; the sage listens silently, eyes half-closed, embodying discernment.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering prompts karmic self-examination; Purāṇic dharma encourages seeking wise insight rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on karmic causality and inquiry.