Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

ततश्च गर्हयामास स्त्रीणां जन्म महामुनिः । तस्मिन्पीठे समासाद्य दुःखेन महताऽन्वितः

Transliteration

tataśca garhayāmāsa strīṇāṃ janma mahāmuniḥ | tasminpīṭhe samāsādya duḥkhena mahatā'nvitaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin begann der große Weise sogar die Geburt als Frau zu tadeln. Als er jenen heiligen Pīṭha erreichte, wurde er von tiefem Kummer überwältigt.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'then'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = 'and'

• गर्हयामास: censured; reproached
• गर्हयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• जन्म: birth; being born
• जन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महान् मुनिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण = 'in that' (qualifies पीठे)

• पीठे: on/at the seat; pedestal
• पीठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = indeclinable verbal; 'having approached/reached'

• दुःखेन: with sorrow; in grief
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• महतā: great
• महतā: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण = qualifies दुःखेन

• अन्वितः: endowed; accompanied
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) from अनु-√इ (in sense 'endowed/connected'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'endowed with'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrow-stricken sage arrives at a sanctified platform/seat marked by a flag, liṅga or śakti-symbol; his face shows anguish and agitation as he utters harsh words.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginī-pīṭha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misguided blame arises from grief; sacred spaces (pīṭhas) become settings where such confusion is corrected through higher instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “pīṭha” (holy seat) is referenced, suggesting a Yoginī/Śakti-associated sacred spot, though the verse itself does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse describes the sage’s emotional state upon reaching the pīṭha.