Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एतेन ब्राह्मणेनैते स्पृष्टा राजंस्त्रयोपि च । तस्मात्तावत्तनुं चास्याविशतां तावसंशयम्

Transliteration

etena brāhmaṇenaite spṛṣṭā rājaṃstrayopi ca | tasmāttāvattanuṃ cāsyāviśatāṃ tāvasaṃśayam

Translation

Ô roi, ces trois-là ont été touchés par ce brahmane ; c’est pourquoi, sans aucun doute, à cette mesure même ils sont entrés dans son corps.

Word by Word

• etena: by this
• etena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• brāhmaṇena: by the Brahmin
• brāhmaṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• spṛṣṭāḥ: were touched
• spṛṣṭāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś (धातु; √स्पृश्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, कर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘स्पृष्ट’ = touched

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावनार्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• tāvat: for so long/so much
• tāvat: Adhikarana (Extent/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: so long/for that much)

• tanum: body
• tanum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• aviśatām: enter (you all)
• aviśatām: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (धातु; √विश्)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग ‘आ-’ (आविश्) = enter

• tāvat: so much/so long
• tāvat: Adhikarana (Extent/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• asaṃśayam: without doubt
• asaṃśayam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + संशय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

The personified Diseases (Vyādhayaḥ)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Brahmin figure is shown having been touched/contaminated; the advisor explains to the king that the doṣas have entered his body to that extent, prompting urgent protective measures.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa (Brahmin)
• rājan (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It emphasizes the consequences of contact and the inevitability of results once a causative link is formed—an illustration of karmic and ethical causality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it explains the mechanism of affliction.