Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

धिग्धिक्कलिप्रिय त्वां च रागे वैराग्यकारकम् । त्वया कृतं सर्वमेतद्विधेस्तस्य तथान्तरम्

Transliteration

dhigdhikkalipriya tvāṃ ca rāge vairāgyakārakam | tvayā kṛtaṃ sarvametadvidhestasya tathāntaram

Translation

Schande über dich, o „Liebling Kalis“, der du Entsagung hervorbringst, wo Liebe und Bindung sein sollten! All dies ist von dir getan worden, und ebenso die Störung jener Anordnung des Schöpfers (Vidhātṛ).

Word by Word

• धिग्धिक्: shame! fie!
• धिग्धिक्: Bhāva (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिग्धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक-अव्यय/उद्गार (interjection of censure)

• कलिप्रिय: O one dear to Kali
• कलिप्रिय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dear to Kali)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• रागे: in attachment/passion
• रागे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वैराग्यकारकम्: a producer of dispassion
• वैराग्यकारकम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (maker/causer of dispassion)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicate (Predicative participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (done/made)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying etat)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma/Pratipādya (That which is referred to)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधेः: of Brahmā (Vidhī)
• विधेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• अन्तरम्: difference/otherness
• अन्तरम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Object/thing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devapatnīs (deduced from immediate context: they speak to Nārada)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of divine women, faces stern, point in accusation toward a sage-like figure labeled ‘kali-priya’; the atmosphere is charged—stormy clouds or dark aura behind him—while a faint image of Brahmā’s ordinance (a cosmic scroll or lotus-throne) appears symbolically disrupted.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kali
• Vidhī (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Words can uphold dharma or fracture it; stirring needless dispassion and disorder is condemned as a Kali-like tendency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned in this verse; it belongs to the narrative portion within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated.