Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

भट्टिकोवाच । यत्त्वं तक्षक मां शांतामनपेक्षां रतोत्सवे । आनैषीरपहृत्याशु ब्राह्मणान्वय संभवाम्

Transliteration

bhaṭṭikovāca | yattvaṃ takṣaka māṃ śāṃtāmanapekṣāṃ ratotsave | ānaiṣīrapahṛtyāśu brāhmaṇānvaya saṃbhavām

Translation

Bhaṭṭikā dit : «Car toi, ô Takṣaka, dans l’ivresse du désir, tu m’as promptement enlevée—moi, paisible et non consentante—bien que je sois née d’une lignée de brāhmanes».

Word by Word

• bhaṭṭikaḥ: Bhaṭṭika
• bhaṭṭikaḥ: Karta (Speaker tag/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaṭṭika (भट्टिक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Bhaṭṭika (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — said

• yat: since/that
• yat: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक/यत्-सम्बन्ध) — since/that (introducing clause)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — you

• takṣaka: O Takṣaka
• takṣaka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: takṣaka (तक्षक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — O Takṣaka

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/उभय, द्वितीया, एकवचन — me

• śāntām: peaceful
• śāntām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāntā (शान्ता, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — calm/peaceful (qualifying mām)

• anapekṣām: unsuspecting
• anapekṣām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anapekṣā (अनपेक्षा, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — not expecting (anything)/unconcerned (qualifying mām)

• rata-utsave: in amorous revelry
• rata-utsave: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rata (रत, प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (उत्सव, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — in the festival of love/sexual revelry

• ānaiṣīḥ: you brought
• ānaiṣīḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (नी धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — you brought

• apahṛtya: having abducted
• apahṛtya: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having abducted/taken away

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (आशु, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — quickly

• brāhmaṇa-anvaya-saṃbhavām: one born of a Brāhmaṇa lineage
• brāhmaṇa-anvaya-saṃbhavām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण, प्रातिपदिक) + anvaya (अन्वय, प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhavā (सम्भवा, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — born in a Brāhmaṇa lineage

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā confronts Takṣaka, declaring she was peaceful and unwilling, abducted in lust, and born of a brāhmaṇa lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• Takṣaka
• Brāhmaṇa lineage

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma condemns desire-driven coercion; lineage and virtue heighten the gravity of violating another’s autonomy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a moral accusation within the story.