Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एवं तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य पापासक्तस्य नित्यशः । कुष्ठव्याधिरभूदुग्रो वंशोच्छेदश्च सद्द्विजाः

Transliteration

evaṃ tasya narendrasya pāpāsaktasya nityaśaḥ | kuṣṭhavyādhirabhūdugro vaṃśocchedaśca saddvijāḥ

Translation

So entstand bei jenem König, der ständig an Sünde hing, ein schrecklicher Aussatz; und, o ihr guten Brāhmaṇas, auch sein Geschlecht wurde abgeschnitten.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे (king among men), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पापासक्तस्य: of (one) addicted to sin
• पापासक्तस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + आसक्त (कृदन्त; आ+√सञ्ज् (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष (locative/attachment sense: 'attached to sin'), भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नित्यशः: continually
• नित्यशः: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb: repeatedly/always)

• कुष्ठव्याधिः: leprosy-disease
• कुष्ठव्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (disease of leprosy), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभूत्: arose/occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• उग्रः: terrible
• उग्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वंशोच्छेदः: extinction of lineage
• वंशोच्छेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश + उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (cutting off of lineage), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• सत्-द्विजाः: O good Brahmins
• सत्-द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (good/true Brahmins), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (used in vocative sense though form is nominative)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Brāhmaṇas (deduced from vocative saddvijāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king afflicted with leprosy sits isolated; his royal insignia lies discarded. In the background, an empty palace hall and extinguished family lamp symbolize vaṃśoccheda; brāhmaṇas look on with grave compassion.

Characters & Entities

• king (narendra)
• Brāhmaṇas (saddvijāḥ)
• kuṣṭha (leprosy)
• lineage (vaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent attachment to sin is shown to mature into severe suffering and loss—personal affliction and the collapse of one’s line.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes karmic causality within the Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse states the result of adharma rather than a remedy.