Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

अहो पापात्मनां पुंसां संभविष्यंति योषितः । यासामीदृक्समाचारो द्विजवंशोद्भवास्वपि

Transliteration

aho pāpātmanāṃ puṃsāṃ saṃbhaviṣyaṃti yoṣitaḥ | yāsāmīdṛksamācāro dvijavaṃśodbhavāsvapi

Translation

Hélas ! Des hommes pécheurs naissent des femmes ; et même parmi celles issues de lignées de brāhmanes, la conduite peut devenir de cette sorte.

Word by Word

• अहो: alas!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विस्मय/खेदसूचक) = interjection 'alas!/oh!'

• पाप-आत्मनाम्: of sinful-souled (men)
• पाप-आत्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (पापः आत्मा येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• पुंसाम्: of men
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• संभविष्यन्ति: will arise; will come to be
• संभविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (परस्मैपद) = Simple Future; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यासाम्: of whom
• यासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ईदृक्: such; of this kind
• ईदृक्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण = qualifies समाचारः

• समाचारः: conduct; behavior
• समाचारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विज-वंश-उद्भवासु: even among those born in twice-born lineages
• द्विज-वंश-उद्भवासु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (द्विजानां वंशात् उद्भवाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण = 'among those born in brāhmaṇa lineages' (locative plural)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि-भाव) = particle 'even/also'

Speaker

Jābāli (as the lamenting/censuring sage, per narrative flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on the sage’s face as he exclaims ‘aho’, hands raised in lament; the sacred seat behind him glows quietly, contrasting his turbulent words.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (twice-born/Brahmin lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse portrays a speaker’s distorted conclusion born of suffering; the surrounding dialogue (with Yoginīs) functions to correct such adharma-leaning generalizations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this line; it is part of the pīṭha-centered episode within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a lament/statement within a narrative exchange.