Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इह लोके वियोगादीन्प्राप्य क्लेशान्सुदारुणान् । रौरवादिषु रौद्रेषु नरकेषु प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

iha loke viyogādīnprāpya kleśānsudāruṇān | rauravādiṣu raudreṣu narakeṣu prayāsyati

Translation

En ce monde même, il subira des peines cruelles — séparation et autres tourments ; puis il ira vers les enfers terribles, tels que Raurava.

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वियोग-आदीन्: separations and the like
• वियोग-आदीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अव्ययीभाव-न; ‘आदि’ उत्तरपद: ‘and the like’)

• प्राप्य: having obtained/experienced
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• क्लेशान्: sufferings
• क्लेशान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• सुदारुणान्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (क्लेशान् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• रौरव-आदिषु: in Raurava and other (hells)
• रौरव-आदिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘रौरव’ इत्यादि-नरकनामसु)

• रौद्रेषु: terrible
• रौद्रेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (नरकेषु इति विशेष्यस्य)

• नरकेषु: in hells
• नरकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• प्रयास्यति: will go (to), will proceed
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

King (mahīpati) continuing the consequence for wrongdoing against Brahmin grantees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral-vision scene: the offender experiences separation and ruin in life; behind, a shadowy glimpse of Raurava—dark ravines, tormentors, and fearful cries—kept symbolic rather than graphic.

Characters & Entities

• Raurava (Naraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-violations carry consequences both seen (worldly suffering) and unseen (post-mortem punishment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the tīrtha-mahātmya by enforcing dharmic protection of sacred grants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a deterrent statement describing karmic and naraka consequences.