Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
एतेनापि च षंढेन न च भद्रमनुष्ठितम् । यत्कुब्जोऽयं हतो मूर्ध्नि याचितुं समु पस्थितः
Transliteration
etenāpi ca ṣaṃḍhena na ca bhadramanuṣṭhitam | yatkubjo'yaṃ hato mūrdhni yācituṃ samu pasthitaḥ
Translation
«Et par ce Ṣaṇḍha aussi, rien de bon n’a été accompli, car ce bossu, venu mendier, a été frappé sur la tête.»
Word by Word
एतेनby this (one)
एतेन:
Karana (करण; agent/means in passive sense)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अपिalso
अपि:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (also/even)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
षण्डेनby the eunuch
षण्डेन:
Karana (करण; agent/means)
TypeNoun
Rootषण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
भद्रम्good; welfare
भद्रम्:
Karma (कर्म; thing accomplished)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'कल्याणम्' (object/result)
अनुष्ठितम्was performed; was carried out
अनुष्ठितम्:
Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-स्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे 'has been performed'
यत्since; because
यत्:
Hetu (हेतु/cause marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बन्धे अव्यय-प्रयोग (relative particle: 'since/that')
कुब्जःthe hunchback
कुब्जः:
Karta (कर्ता; subject of हतः)
TypeNoun
Rootकुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
हतःkilled; struck
हतः:
Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'killed/struck'
मूर्ध्निon the head
मूर्ध्नि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण; locus)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
याचितुम्to beg
याचितुम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootयाच् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Infinitive)
समुright up; closely
समु:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (intensifier/close approach; often with verbs of coming)
उपस्थितःapproached; came near
उपस्थितः:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate participle of कुब्जः)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-स्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having approached/presented himself'
Speaker
Puṣpa (continuing)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A hunchback beggar lies injured, struck on the head; the disguised accuser denounces the act, while onlookers react with alarm and confusion.
Characters & Entities
Ṣ
ṢaṇḍhaK
kubja (hunchback)FAQs
Even amid suspicion, harming a supplicant is portrayed as inauspicious—dharma demands restraint and right discernment.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None directly; the focus is moral evaluation of conduct.