Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

त्वया मे धर्षिता भार्या पौष्णे नक्षत्रसंज्ञिते । तस्मिन्भविष्यति व्यक्तं तव पातः पुरंदर

Transliteration

tvayā me dharṣitā bhāryā pauṣṇe nakṣatrasaṃjñite | tasminbhaviṣyati vyaktaṃ tava pātaḥ puraṃdara

Translation

„Du hast meine Gattin geschändet, als das Nakṣatra namens Pauṣṇa herrschte; darum, o Puraṃdara, wird dein Sturz gerade dann offenbar werden.“

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण (Instrument/Agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular of pronoun

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic); Genitive singular of pronoun

• धर्षिता: violated/assaulted
• धर्षिता: कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Past passive participle agreeing with ‘भार्या’

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: कर्म (Patient; in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• पौष्णे: in (the) Pauṣṇa (nakṣatra)
• पौष्णे: अधिकरण (Location/Time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण) एकवचन; Locative singular (agreeing with ‘नक्षत्रसंज्ञिते’)

• नक्षत्रसंज्ञिते: in the one designated as a nakṣatra
• नक्षत्रसंज्ञिते: अधिकरण (Location/Time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नक्षत्र + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नक्षत्रेण संज्ञितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन; Locative singular

• तस्मिन्: then/in that (time)
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Time/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण) एकवचन; Locative singular

• भविष्यति: will happen/be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• व्यक्तम्: clearly
• व्यक्तम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; used adverbially as ‘clearly’

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; Genitive singular

• पातः: fall/downfall
• पातः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• पुरंदर: O Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदर: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative) एकवचन; Vocative singular

Speaker

Gautama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful sage or brāhmaṇa pronounces a curse upon Purandara (Indra), pointing to the sky where the Pauṣṇa nakṣatra is indicated; Indra stands humbled, crown lowered, thunderbolt held but powerless.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Indra (Puraṃdara)
• Pauṣṇa Nakṣatra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty are bound by dharma: unethical acts (especially violating marital fidelity) ripen into inevitable consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is ethical and narrative (karma and consequence) rather than a direct tīrtha-glorification line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse sets a karmic/astrological marker (Pauṣṇa nakṣatra) for the result of Indra’s misdeed.