Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
किं कृतं भगवानेष देवैरपि स सेव्यते । साक्षी सर्वस्य जगतोऽस्माभिर्नैवोपलक्षितः
Transliteration
kiṃ kṛtaṃ bhagavāneṣa devairapi sa sevyate | sākṣī sarvasya jagato'smābhirnaivopalakṣitaḥ
Translation
Was haben wir getan? Dieser selige Herr—dem selbst die Götter dienen—, der Zeuge der ganzen Welt, wurde von uns überhaupt nicht erkannt.
Word by Word
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक
कृतम्done
कृतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootकृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’ (elliptic with किम्)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संकेतार्थक
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
अपिeven / also
अपि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय; ‘also/even’
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सेव्यतेis served / worshipped
सेव्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसेव् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is served’
साक्षीwitness
साक्षी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसाक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सर्वस्यof all
सर्वस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
जगतःof the world
जगतः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
अस्माभिःby us
अस्माभिः:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
एवindeed / at all
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (emphatic particle)
उपलक्षितःnoticed / recognized
उपलक्षितः:
Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियापद-भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootउपलक्षित (कृदन्त; उप-लक्ष् धातु)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः ‘was noticed’
Speaker
Brāhmaṇas / sages (collective lament within the narrative)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Brāhmaṇas in añjali ask, ‘What have we done?’ before the unrecognized Lord, served by devas; the Lord’s presence is vast, like a silent witness filling the scene.
Characters & Entities
B
Bhagavān (Śiva implied)D
Devas (gods)J
Jagat (world)FAQs
The divine may be present as the inner Witness; spiritual negligence is corrected through repentance and renewed reverence.
Not specified in this verse.
None; the emphasis is on remorse and recognition.