Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

ततश्च गर्हयामास स्त्रीणां जन्म महामुनिः । तस्मिन्पीठे समासाद्य दुःखेन महताऽन्वितः

Transliteration

tataśca garhayāmāsa strīṇāṃ janma mahāmuniḥ | tasminpīṭhe samāsādya duḥkhena mahatā'nvitaḥ

Translation

Alors le grand sage se mit à blâmer jusqu’au fait de naître femme. Parvenu à ce pīṭha sacré, il fut submergé d’une immense affliction.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'then'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = 'and'

• गर्हयामास: censured; reproached
• गर्हयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• स्त्रीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• जन्म: birth; being born
• जन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महान् मुनिः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण = 'in that' (qualifies पीठे)

• पीठे: on/at the seat; pedestal
• पीठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = indeclinable verbal; 'having approached/reached'

• दुःखेन: with sorrow; in grief
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• महतā: great
• महतā: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण = qualifies दुःखेन

• अन्वितः: endowed; accompanied
• अन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) from अनु-√इ (in sense 'endowed/connected'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'endowed with'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrow-stricken sage arrives at a sanctified platform/seat marked by a flag, liṅga or śakti-symbol; his face shows anguish and agitation as he utters harsh words.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginī-pīṭha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misguided blame arises from grief; sacred spaces (pīṭhas) become settings where such confusion is corrected through higher instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “pīṭha” (holy seat) is referenced, suggesting a Yoginī/Śakti-associated sacred spot, though the verse itself does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse describes the sage’s emotional state upon reaching the pīṭha.