Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स मया नाशितस्तुभ्यं प्रहृष्टेनाधुना द्विज । एतज्ज्ञात्वा न कर्तव्यं सुवर्णहरणं पुनः

Transliteration

sa mayā nāśitastubhyaṃ prahṛṣṭenādhunā dvija | etajjñātvā na kartavyaṃ suvarṇaharaṇaṃ punaḥ

Translation

„Dies habe Ich dir nun, o Brāhmaṇa, freudig vernichtet. Da du dies weißt, sollst du niemals wieder Gold stehlen.“

Word by Word

• सः: that (disease)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; refers to कुष्ठव्याधिः

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent)

• नाशितः: destroyed/removed
• नाशितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाशय् (धातु, णिच् of नश्) → नाशित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate to सः

• तुभ्यम्: for you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• प्रहृष्टेन: by (me) being delighted
• प्रहृष्टेन: Karana (Manner/करण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-हृष् (धातु) → प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; मया इत्यस्य विशेषण (agent’s state)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• द्विज: O twice-born
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

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

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having known’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done/should be done
• कर्तव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्, विधेय/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; impersonal predicate ‘should be done’

• सुवर्णहरणम्: stealing of gold
• सुवर्णहरणम्: Karma (Object/topic of obligation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण-हरण (प्रातिपदिक); सुवर्ण + हरण
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुवर्णस्य हरणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तव्यम् इत्यस्य विषय (what is not to be done)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Sahasrāṃśu (Sūrya, the Sun-god)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity, smiling with ‘prahṛṣṭa’ gladness, blesses the brāhmaṇa; the devotee’s body appears healed. The deity’s raised finger or teaching gesture underscores the warning against future gold theft.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrāṃśu
• dvija (Brāhmaṇa)
• suvarṇa-haraṇa (gold theft)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is meant to transform conduct: after relief is granted, one must renounce the root sin and live by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha episode centered on solar sanctity (Bhāskara context), though the verse itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A moral injunction is given: never repeat gold theft; the implied prescription is ethical restraint (asteya) following purification.