Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

यच्छप्ता नग्नसद्भावं नीता तत्पातकं च ते । कल्पांतेऽपि सुदुर्बुद्धे न संयास्यति कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

yacchaptā nagnasadbhāvaṃ nītā tatpātakaṃ ca te | kalpāṃte'pi sudurbuddhe na saṃyāsyati kutracit

Translation

Porque fuiste maldecido, has sido llevado al estado de desnudez, y ese mismo pecado ha caído sobre ti. Oh de mente perversa, ni aun al fin de un kalpa se extinguirá para ti en lugar alguno.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• शप्ता: cursed
• शप्ता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे—‘cursed’

• नग्नसद्भावम्: the state/condition of nakedness
• नग्नसद्भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग्न (प्रातिपदिक) + सद्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नग्नस्य सद्भावः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• नीता: (she) has been led/brought
• नीता: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘having been led/brought’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; निर्देशक-सर्वनाम—‘that’

• पातकम्: sin, offense
• पातकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’ (enclitic)

• कल्पान्ते: at the end of an aeon
• कल्पान्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्पस्य अन्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/सम्भावना/अपि-कार (even/also)

• सुदुर्बुद्धे: O very evil-minded one
• सुदुर्बुद्धे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु + दुर्बुद्धिः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संयास्यति: will go/come together; will be removed/cease (contextual)
• संयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3), एकवचन

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere/ever
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern admonition scene: a cursed figure marked by nakedness and shame stands before a compassionate yet uncompromising speaker; the atmosphere is heavy, with the sense of time stretching to kalpa’s end.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It stresses karmic causality: a curse and the resulting sinful condition can cling to a person for an immeasurably long time when the mind remains corrupted, implying the need for dharmic reform and proper expiation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse segment does not name a specific tīrtha; it occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context where tīrthas are praised, but the location is not identifiable from this single śloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it is a doctrinal warning about the endurance of pāpa rather than a direct prescription.