Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा गालवः प्राह तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चासकृत् । पापाचार सुदुष्टात्मन्गतिस्ते स्तंभिता मया

Transliteration

tacchrutvā gālavaḥ prāha tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cāsakṛt | pāpācāra suduṣṭātmangatiste staṃbhitā mayā

Translation

এ কথা শুনে গালব বারবার বললেন— “থাম! থাম!” এবং বললেন— “হে পাপাচারী, হে অতিদুষ্টচিত্ত! তোমার গতি আমি স্তম্ভিত করলাম।”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (speech/statement)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; श्रुत्वा इति कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Main action/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्/अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तिष्ठ: stand/stop!
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तिष्ठ: stop!
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• असकृत्: repeatedly
• असकृत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (repeatedly)

• पापाचार: O evil-doer!
• पापाचार: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापः आचारः यस्य/पापाचारः)

• सुदुष्टात्मन्: O very wicked-souled one!
• सुदुष्टात्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + दुष्ट + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सुदुष्टः आत्मा यस्य)

• गतिः: movement/going
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• स्तंभिता: has been stopped/immobilized
• स्तंभिता: Kriya (State/मुख्यवृत्ति)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ् (धातु) → स्तंभित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गतिः इति कर्तृ/विषय-सामानाधिकरण

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava stands with commanding gesture, eyes blazing with dharmic anger; the offender halts mid-step as if bound by invisible force.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• śiṣya (disciple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is actively protected; the spiritual authority of a sage restrains adharma and safeguards the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the moral narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts a sage’s command and spiritual restraint (gati-stambha).