Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एतेषां जायते तेन जननाशसमुद्भवः । अपवादो धरापृष्ठे न च संजायते तव

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ jāyate tena jananāśasamudbhavaḥ | apavādo dharāpṛṣṭhe na ca saṃjāyate tava

Translation

Par l’entremise de ceux-ci, la destruction des hommes naît en conséquence ; et sur la face de la terre, nulle faute ni blâme ne viendra peser sur toi.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (सर्वनाम)

• जायते: arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तेन: thereby / by that
• तेन: Karana (Cause/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• जननाशसमुद्भवः: the arising of destruction of people
• जननाशसमुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-नाश-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जननाशस्य समुद्भवः)

• अपवादः: blame, reproach
• अपवादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• धरापृष्ठे: on the earth's surface
• धरापृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा-पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (धरायाः पृष्ठम्)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• संजायते: arises
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तव: for you / of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

Speaker

Brahmā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā explains that through these agents the destruction of people occurs, and thus Yama incurs no reproach on earth; Yama’s face lifts slightly, receiving moral vindication.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Yama
• Jananāśa (destruction of people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Moral responsibility is separated from cosmic duty: Yama executes dharma’s law and thus is not personally culpable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.