Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एषा मम न सन्देहः प्रिया भार्या भविष्यति । यदि नो शस्त्रपातेन पंचत्वमुपयास्यति

Transliteration

eṣā mama na sandehaḥ priyā bhāryā bhaviṣyati | yadi no śastrapātena paṃcatvamupayāsyati

Translation

« Je n'ai aucun doute à ce sujet : elle deviendra ma femme bien-aimée, pourvu qu'elle ne rejoigne pas l'état des cinq éléments sous la chute des armes. »

Word by Word

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रिया: beloved
• प्रिया: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भार्या इति विशेषणम्

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तसूचक (conditional particle 'if')

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sambandha (Beneficiary/Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) बहुवचन वा चतुर्थी (Dative/4th) बहुवचन; अत्र अव्यक्तम्—प्रायः 'अस्माकम्/नः' (for us/our)

• शस्त्रपातेन: by a weapon-strike
• शस्त्रपातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'शस्त्रस्य पातः' (weapon-fall/strike)

• पंचत्वम्: the state of being five (death)
• पंचत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पंचत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उपयास्यति: will attain, will go to
• उपयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: उप-; √या (to go/attain)

Speaker

Daitya/antagonist (implied by context; exact name not given in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on the antagonist’s face as he speaks with deluded certainty; behind him, weapons glint; the threatened woman remains off to the side, the air heavy with impending fate.

Characters & Entities

• daitya (unnamed)
• devī/strī (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Delusion (moha) makes the unrighteous imagine possession and pleasure even amid violence—showing how kāma clouds discernment (viveka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context belongs to Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, but this individual verse does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse expresses the antagonist’s intent and mindset.