Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अपमानं कृतं तस्य मया कल्ये द्विजोत्तम । तेन मे सहसा व्याधिराशीर्वादमनिच्छतः

Transliteration

apamānaṃ kṛtaṃ tasya mayā kalye dvijottama | tena me sahasā vyādhirāśīrvādamanicchataḥ

Translation

„O erhabenster Brāhmaṇa, gestern habe ich ihn beleidigt. Darum ist mich plötzlich eine Krankheit angefallen—obwohl er keinen Segen geben wollte.“

Word by Word

• apamānam: insult
• apamānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम् (भाववाचक)

• kṛtam: was done
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicative participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘अपमानम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय (predicate)

• tasya: to him / of him
• tasya: Sampradana (Target/affected person—dative-like genitive usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘तस्य’ (of him)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ (agent in passive)

• kalye: in the morning
• kalye: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कालवाचक—‘प्रातः/अद्य’ इत्यर्थे (at dawn/early)

• dvija-uttama: O best of Brahmins
• dvija-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• tena: therefore / by that
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; हेतौ (instrumental of cause)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: आकस्मिकत्वबोधक अव्यय (adverb: suddenly)

• vyādhiḥ: disease
• vyādhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• āśīrvādam: a blessing (benediction)
• āśīrvādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśīrvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (what was not desired)

• anicchataḥ: of (me) unwilling
• anicchataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: na + √iṣ (धातु) → anicchat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘मे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण—‘अनिच्छतः’ (of me who did not wish)

Speaker

Rājā (the King) (inferred)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker admits yesterday’s insult and gestures in remorse; attendants look anxious as the illness is shown as sudden weakness, while the brāhmaṇa listener remains composed.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijottama (Brāhmaṇa)
• Vyādhi (Illness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward the virtuous disrupts one’s well-being; dharma emphasizes humility and honoring spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha name appears in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader sacred-geography narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; the verse motivates seeking śānti and reconciliation due to karmic affliction.