Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

अहं तावत्प्रहारेण त्वया व्यापादिताऽधम । स्त्रीहत्योद्भवपापस्य न चिन्ता विधृता हृदि

Transliteration

ahaṃ tāvatprahāreṇa tvayā vyāpāditā'dhama | strīhatyodbhavapāpasya na cintā vidhṛtā hṛdi

Translation

« Par ton coup, j’ai été réellement tuée, ô misérable. Et pourtant, dans mon cœur, je n’ai nourri aucune crainte du péché qui naît du meurtre d’une femme. »

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तावत्: indeed / for now
• तावत्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-अव्यय (particle: so much/indeed/for now)

• प्रहारेण: by a blow
• प्रहारेण: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• व्यापादिता: killed
• व्यापादिता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यापादय् (धातु) [वि-आ-√पद्/पाद् causative sense] (कृदन्त: क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अधम: O vile one
• अधम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• स्त्रीहत्योद्भवपापस्य: of the sin arising from killing a woman
• स्त्रीहत्योद्भवपापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीहत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्त्रीहत्या-उद्भवम् पापम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• चिन्ता: concern
• चिन्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विधृता: held / maintained
• विधृता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धृ (धातु) (कृदन्त: क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हृदि: in (your) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्/हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (वेदिक/प्रचलित रूप: हृदि)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual speaker within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; a slain female voice addressing her killer is implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija/Muni (assailant)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden lies struck down (or collapsing), yet speaks with unwavering clarity; the assailant-sage stands over her, shocked, as the moral weight of strī-hatyā hangs in the air.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores the grave nature of strīhatyā (killing a woman) as a source of heavy pāpa, and highlights moral accountability even when the victim shows fearlessness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse excerpt does not name a specific tīrtha; it occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context where sacred geography is discussed across the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) appears in this verse; it functions as a dharmic-moral statement within the surrounding tīrtha narrative.