Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणा वंचिता यस्माद्ब्राह्मणैस्त्वं हनिष्यसे । एवमुक्त्वा भगवती पुनराह न किञ्चन

Transliteration

brāhmaṇā vaṃcitā yasmādbrāhmaṇaistvaṃ haniṣyase | evamuktvā bhagavatī punarāha na kiñcana

Translation

Da die Brahmanen betrogen worden sind, wirst du von Brahmanen getötet werden. So sprach die selige Göttin und sagte danach nichts mehr.

Word by Word

• brāhmaṇāḥ: brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• vaṃcitāḥ: deceived
• vaṃcitāḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa / Predicative (Deceived)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vañc (धातु) + vaṃcita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय

• yasmāt: because/since
• yasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: by brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• haniṣyase: you will be killed
• haniṣyase: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/कर्तरि-भावः (you will be slain / will perish)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb; प्रकार)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √vac (धातु) + uktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• bhagavatī: the Goddess
• bhagavatī: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• kiñcana: anything (nothing)
• kiñcana: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; न + किञ्चन = 'nothing'

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce yet composed Devī pronounces a terse curse-like verdict; the atmosphere is tense, with silence after the utterance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Brāhmaṇas
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deception invites karmic reversal; harm done to the righteous returns as consequence, restoring moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it belongs to a larger tīrtha-glorification chapter in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral-judicial statement within the narrative.