Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

कथं यास्यति मे तुष्टिं वदैष मम सन्मुने । अज्ञानात्पातितो व्योम्नः शक्तिं चास्याविजानता

Transliteration

kathaṃ yāsyati me tuṣṭiṃ vadaiṣa mama sanmune | ajñānātpātito vyomnaḥ śaktiṃ cāsyāvijānatā

Translation

Tell me, O noble sage—how will he become pleased with me? Through ignorance I struck him down from the sky, not knowing his power.

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• यास्यति: will go/attain
• यास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मे: my, for me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूप (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध)

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction, appeasement
• तुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• एष: this (to me)
• एष: Sambodhana (Addressing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (सम्बोधनार्थे ‘एष’ = ‘इदम्’)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सत्-मुने: O good sage
• सत्-मुने: Sambodhana (Addressing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारयः; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• अज्ञानात्: from ignorance, due to ignorance
• अज्ञानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पातितः: was made to fall, was cast down
• पातितः: Karta-dharma (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (causative past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्योम्नः: from the sky
• व्योम्नः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• शक्तिम्: power, weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• अस्य: of this one / his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अविजानता: by not knowing
• अविजानता: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु) + न (नकार) + शतृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Pippalāda (deduced: the boy speaking to Nārada; name explicit in 77)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, intimate exchange: the boy speaks urgently to Nārada, eyes wide with fear; gesture of pleading; the sky hinted in background to recall the fall from the heavens.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pippalāda
• Bhāskara (Sūrya; implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ignorant wrongdoing still bears consequences, but humility and seeking right counsel opens the door to reconciliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit prescription: seek a means of appeasement; the explicit method given next is stuti (praise).