Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

परदारकृतं पापं तस्य संपत्स्यतेऽखिलम् । यदत्र प्रकरिष्यंति मानवाः काममोहिताः

Transliteration

paradārakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya saṃpatsyate'khilam | yadatra prakariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ kāmamohitāḥ

Translation

Alle Sünde, die aus dem Umgang mit der Frau eines anderen entsteht, fällt gänzlich auf jenen Menschen zurück—was immer die Menschen, vom Begehren verblendet, an diesem Ort auch tun mögen.

Word by Word

• paradāra-kṛtam: done with another’s wife
• paradāra-kṛtam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para + dāra + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (कृ) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (paradāreṇa/ parādārasya kṛtam: done in relation to another’s wife)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃpatsyate: will befall/accrue
• saṃpatsyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pad (पद्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• akhilam: entire/all
• akhilam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• yat: whatever (which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• prakariṣyanti: will do/commit
• prakariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: people/men
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• kāmamohitāḥ: deluded by desire
• kāmamohitāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + mohita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √muh (मुह्) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (kāmena mohitāḥ)

Speaker

Narrator conveying the force of an edict/curse tied to the site

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn warning scene: the sacred precinct in the background, while shadowy figures symbolize lust-driven transgression; above them, an unseen moral force ‘places’ the burden of sin upon the enabler.

Characters & Entities

• mānavāḥ (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lust-driven transgression (paradāra) is condemned; at sacred places, such acts are portrayed as bringing swift and complete karmic downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of ‘here’ (atra) within the chapter’s tīrtha-kṣetra; the sanctity of the place is the backdrop for the moral warning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical prohibition and karmic warning rather than a ritual instruction.