Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सापि लज्जासमोपेता महाभयसमाकुला । प्रणष्टा तत्क्षणादेव भयेन महताऽन्विना

Transliteration

sāpi lajjāsamopetā mahābhayasamākulā | praṇaṣṭā tatkṣaṇādeva bhayena mahatā'nvinā

Translation

Elle aussi, saisie de honte et bouleversée par une grande frayeur, disparut à l’instant même, chassée par une terreur accablante.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; अर्थ: also/even

• लज्जासमोपेता: filled with shame
• लज्जासमोपेता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lajjā + samupeta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: लज्जया समुपेता (endowed with shame); समुपेत = उप + इ (धातु) + क्त

• महाभयसमाकुला: overwhelmed by great fear
• महाभयसमाकुला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + bhaya + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: महाभयेन समाकुला (agitated by great fear)

• प्रणष्टा: vanished
• प्रणष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: नष्टा/अदृश्या जाता (vanished)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समास: तत्क्षण = that very moment

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) = emphatic particle

• भयेन: by fear
• भयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• महतā: great
• महतā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; अत्र भयेन सह विशेषणम् (with great)

• अन्विना: accompanied (with)
• अन्विना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; अन्विन् = युक्त/सहित (accompanied/possessed of)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman, face flushed with shame and eyes wide with fear, dissolves/vanishes instantly—suggested by swirling veil, fading outline, or a burst of light—leaving the man alone in shock.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wrongdoing or impropriety breeds shame and fear, which quickly destroy peace of mind and stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative, but no specific tīrtha name appears in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it sets the narrative context leading toward prāyaścitta (atonement).