Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सोऽपि सर्वैः परित्यक्तस्तेन पापेन कर्मणा । कलत्रैरपि चात्मीयैः स्मृत्वा पूर्वविचेष्टितम्

Transliteration

so'pi sarvaiḥ parityaktastena pāpena karmaṇā | kalatrairapi cātmīyaiḥ smṛtvā pūrvaviceṣṭitam

Translation

Auch er wurde von allen verlassen wegen jener sündhaften Tat; selbst seine Gattin und die eigenen Verwandten ließen ihn zurück, da sie seiner früheren Verfehlungen gedachten.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, ‘also/even’ (particle)

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• parityaktaḥ: abandoned
• parityaktaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + tyaj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pāpena: sinful/evil
• pāpena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying karmaṇā)

• karmaṇā: deed/action
• karmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kalatraiḥ: by wives
• kalatraiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, ‘even/also’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ātmīyaiḥ: by his own (kinsmen)
• ātmīyaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātmīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied people/relatives)

• smṛtvā: having remembered
• smṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having remembered’

• pūrva-viceṣṭitam: his former conduct/deeds
• pūrva-viceṣṭitam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + viceṣṭita (वि+चेष्ट् धातु + क्त)
• Form: समास: पूर्वविचेष्टित (Tatpurusha: ‘former’ + ‘conduct’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suparṇākhyā-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The forsaken man stands outside a dwelling as wife and relatives turn away; above him, a faint visual motif of past misdeeds (shadowy vignettes) suggests memory and remorse.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pāpa (sinful conduct) ripens into visible suffering; remembrance of one’s past actions becomes the moral mirror that drives separation and shame.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the forthcoming Suparṇākhyā sacred site is being prepared as the place where reversal of fate becomes possible.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it frames the karmic background before the tīrtha’s transformative event.