Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यस्मात्पाप न मे वाक्यं त्वया धर्मसमन्वितम् । कृतं तस्मात्क्षयव्याधिस्त्वां ग्रसिष्यति दारुणः

Transliteration

yasmātpāpa na me vākyaṃ tvayā dharmasamanvitam | kṛtaṃ tasmātkṣayavyādhistvāṃ grasiṣyati dāruṇaḥ

Translation

“Since, O sinful one, you did not follow my word grounded in dharma, therefore a dreadful wasting disease shall seize you.”

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because; since
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (यस्मात् = ‘because/since’), पञ्चमी-एकवचन रूपं

• pāpa: O sinner
• pāpa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (particle of negation)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन रूप (Genitive/Dative ‘my/to me’); अत्र षष्ठी (my)

• vākyam: word; command
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• dharma-samanvitam: accompanied by dharma; righteous
• dharma-samanvitam: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ (धर्मेण समन्वितम् = endowed with righteousness)

• kṛtam: done; performed
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate in passive sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘(न) कृतम्’ = ‘(not) done’

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Phala (Result marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (therefore)

• kṣaya-vyādhiḥ: the wasting disease (consumption)
• kṣaya-vyādhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कṣaya एव vyādhiḥ)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• grasiṣyati: will seize; will devour
• grasiṣyati: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gras (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dāruṇaḥ: terrible; cruel
• dāruṇaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Dakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa pronounces the curse with a raised hand; the Moon’s radiance flickers as an ominous shadow of wasting disease begins to cling to him, symbolized by a dark veil or thinning halo.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Candra
• Kṣaya (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-neglect is portrayed as spiritually hazardous, bringing swift and severe consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is the pronouncement of a curse tied to dharmic disobedience.