Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

अन्यच्च दूषणं तेषां कीर्तयिष्ये तवाऽनघ । त्रिजाताः स्थापिता राजन्सर्पाणां गरनाशनात्

Transliteration

anyacca dūṣaṇaṃ teṣāṃ kīrtayiṣye tavā'nagha | trijātāḥ sthāpitā rājansarpāṇāṃ garanāśanāt

Translation

Et je te dirai encore une autre faute des leurs, ô irréprochable. Ô Roi, ils furent établis comme « trijātā » pour avoir détruit le venin des serpents.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (matter)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'another (thing)'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction

• दूषणम्: fault, blemish
• दूषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• कीर्तयिष्ये: I shall describe, recount
• कीर्तयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; कीर्त्/कीर्तन)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: to you / for you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण संबोधन ('sinless one')

• त्रिजाताः: the trijātās (threefold beings)
• त्रिजाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'three-born/three kinds' (समासान्त-प्रयोगः)

• स्थापिताः: were established/placed
• स्थापिताः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) causative स्थापय् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle): 'were placed/established'

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• सर्पाणाम्: of snakes
• सर्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• गरनाशनात्: from/for the destruction of poison
• गरनाशनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (नाशन-शब्दः), पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ अपादानार्थः ('from/for the destruction of poison')

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A King (rājan), addressed as anagha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage recounts how ‘trijātā’ status was established due to the destruction of serpent poison; serpents, a healing act, and a formal ‘establishment’ scene are juxtaposed.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• King (Rājā)
• Serpents (sarpāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even acts that appear beneficial (like removing venom) can become markers of social/ritual identity within Purāṇic narratives of dharma and impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the verse itself focuses on an origin-label (‘trijātā’) rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; it explains a stated ‘fault’ and the reason for a designation linked with venom-destruction.