Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तथा त्वमपि संप्राप्य मानुषत्वं सुगर्हितम् । मानुषं पतिमासाद्य पुत्रपौत्रानवाप्य च

Transliteration

tathā tvamapi saṃprāpya mānuṣatvaṃ sugarhitam | mānuṣaṃ patimāsādya putrapautrānavāpya ca

Translation

«Ainsi, toi aussi, tu obtiendras une naissance humaine hautement blâmable ; tu prendras un époux humain et tu auras fils et petits-fils,»

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• संप्राप्य: having attained
• संप्राप्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having attained)

• मानुषत्वम्: human state/humanness
• मानुषत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुषत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• सुगर्हितम्: much-condemned, disgraceful
• सुगर्हितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + गर्हित (गर्ह् धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘मानुषत्वम्’ इति विशेषण

• मानुषम्: human
• मानुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘पतिम्’ इति विशेषण

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having obtained
• आसाद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having obtained/met)

• पुत्रपौत्रान्: sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्य: having gained
• अवाप्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having obtained)

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

Speaker

Unnamed brahmin woman/kinswoman (contextual; pronouncing a curse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Visionary overlay: the nāgī is shown with a faint human silhouette or future-life tableau—wedding scene and children—shadowed by ominous clouds, indicating the curse’s trajectory.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga (serpent)
• Human husband (mānuṣa pati)
• Sons and grandsons

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A wrongdoer may be made to experience the very bonds they damaged—family and lineage—so that karma is felt through human relationships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; this particular line is narrative and does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this shloka.