Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

एतस्या अन्वयः पापो भविष्यति निशाचर । सत्यशौचपरित्यक्ताः शिष्टसंगविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

etasyā anvayaḥ pāpo bhaviṣyati niśācara | satyaśaucaparityaktāḥ śiṣṭasaṃgavivarjitāḥ

Translation

Ô rôdeur de la nuit, quiconque demeure associé à sa lignée deviendra pécheur : ayant abandonné vérité et pureté, il sera privé de la compagnie des vertueux.

Word by Word

• एतस्याः: of this (woman)
• एतस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अन्वयः: lineage / progeny
• अन्वयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पापः: sinful
• पापः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to अन्वयः)

• भविष्यति: will be / will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• निशाचर: O night-roamer (demon)
• निशाचर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Voc. 8), एकवचनम्

• सत्यशौचपरित्यक्ताः: having abandoned truth and purity
• सत्यशौचपरित्यक्ताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य + शौच + परित्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to implied ‘they’ = descendants); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• शिष्टसंगविवर्जिताः: deprived of the company of the virtuous
• शिष्टसंगविवर्जिताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट + संग + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: niśācara (night-roaming being)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-roaming being (niśācara) addressed by a radiant sādhvī; behind them, a fading family-tree motif whose leaves darken as satya and śauca are abandoned; virtuous sages stand at a distance, symbolizing lost śiṣṭa-saṅga.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association that abandons satya (truth) and śauca (purity) leads to pāpa (sin), while śiṣṭa-saṅga (company of the virtuous) protects dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is a moral warning within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical discipline—truth, purity, and keeping virtuous company.