Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अब्रवीच्च ततः क्रुद्धो धिक्पापे किमिदं कृतम् । व्यत्ययो विहितो नूनं चरुकस्य नगस्य च

Transliteration

abravīcca tataḥ kruddho dhikpāpe kimidaṃ kṛtam | vyatyayo vihito nūnaṃ carukasya nagasya ca

Translation

Darauf sprach er zornig: „Pfui, du Sünderin! Was hast du da getan? Gewiss ist eine Umkehrung vollzogen worden—beim caru und ebenso beim ‘nāga’ (Baum)“.

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; √क्रुध् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• धिक्: fie! shame!
• धिक्: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक-निपात (interjection of censure)

• पापे: O sinful one
• पापे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (8th case/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्यत्ययः: reversal/confusion
• व्यत्ययः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विहितः: has been ordained/arranged
• विहितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहित (कृदन्त; √धा/√हि धातु with वि- उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of certainty)

• चरुकस्य: of Caruka
• चरुकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• नगस्य: of the mountain
• नगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

A male figure reacting in anger (not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern elder/ascetic or authority figure, brows knit in anger, rebukes a ‘sinful’ person; ritual items (cooked offering/charu) and a serpent/tree emblem appear as symbols of a ‘reversal’ in order.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Manipulating sacred rites through improper reversals is condemned; dharma requires purity of intention and correctness of procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers to a vyatyaya (reversal/exchange) connected with a caru offering and a naga/tree, here criticized as wrongly done.