Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

मनुष्याणां भवेत्कृत्यमन्यनारीपरिग्रहः । एतत्त्वया कृतं यस्मान्मा नुषस्त्वं भविष्यसि

Transliteration

manuṣyāṇāṃ bhavetkṛtyamanyanārīparigrahaḥ | etattvayā kṛtaṃ yasmānmā nuṣastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Translation

„Für Menschen ist es ein verderbliches Tun, die Frau eines anderen an sich zu nehmen. Da du dies getan hast, sollst du darum ein Mensch werden.“

Word by Word

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• भवेत्: would be / should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्यम्: a duty
• कृत्यम्: Karya/Predicative (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• अन्यनारीपरिग्रहः: taking another woman (as wife)
• अन्यनारीपरिग्रहः: Karta/Predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + नारी (प्रातिपदिक) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अन्यस्याः नार्याः परिग्रहः)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु))
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’ (एतत् इत्यस्य विधेय/विशेषण)

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय; हेत्वर्थे ‘because’

• मा: not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive/negative particle)

• नुषः: a human
• नुषः: Karya/Predicative (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘man/human’ (rare form; here as predicate noun)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sāvitrī (deduced from immediate narrative continuity in the same adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī’s curse intensifies: she declares the human consequence for the transgression; Brahmā and the assembly react with shock and solemnity.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It condemns the adharma of desiring or taking another’s spouse and frames it as a cause of downfall and karmic consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya context, but this specific line focuses on moral causality (śāpa and karma) rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a dharmic warning expressed through a curse and its consequence.