Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सर्वभोगपरित्यक्ताः शीतातपसहि ष्णवः । श्लेष्ममूत्रकृताहारा निन्द्याः सर्वजनस्य च

Transliteration

sarvabhogaparityaktāḥ śītātapasahi ṣṇavaḥ | śleṣmamūtrakṛtāhārā nindyāḥ sarvajanasya ca

Translation

„Aller Genüsse beraubt, Kälte und Hitze ertragend, von Schleim und Urin sich nährend — mögen sie von allen Menschen verachtet werden.“

Word by Word

• sarva-bhoga-parityaktāḥ: having abandoned all enjoyments
• sarva-bhoga-parityaktāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + bhoga (भोग) + parityakta (परित्यक्त) [pari- + √tyaj (त्यज्)] (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: सर्वान् भोगान् परित्यक्ताः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śīta-ātapa-sahiṣṇavaḥ: enduring cold and heat
• śīta-ātapa-sahiṣṇavaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śīta (शीत) + ātapa (आतप) + sahiṣṇu (सहिष्णु) [√sah (सह्)] (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (शीत-आतप) + बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-भाव: शीतातपौ सहन्ति ये; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śleṣma-mūtra-kṛta-āhārāḥ: whose food is made of phlegm and urine
• śleṣma-mūtra-kṛta-āhārāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śleṣman (श्लेष्मन्) + mūtra (मूत्र) + kṛta (कृत) [√kṛ (कृ)] + āhāra (आहार) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: श्लेष्म-मूत्रेण कृतः आहारः येषाम्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• nindyāḥ: blameworthy
• nindyāḥ: Kriya (Predicate nominal/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nindya (निन्द्य) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• sarva-janasya: of all people
• sarva-janasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + jana (जन) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): सर्वस्य जनस्य; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (collective)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; continuation of the curse—speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Wretched spirit-beings stripped of pleasures, shivering under cold winds and scorched by sun, scavenging revolting sustenance, while ordinary people recoil and point in contempt; a stark moral tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma culminates in loss of dignity and well-being; moral order asserts itself through consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues a punitive imprecation.