Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

ततो लोहमयैः कीलैः संचितोऽन्यः समंततः । तत्र चाग्निप्रदातारः स्त्रीणां हन्तार एव च

Transliteration

tato lohamayaiḥ kīlaiḥ saṃcito'nyaḥ samaṃtataḥ | tatra cāgnipradātāraḥ strīṇāṃ hantāra eva ca

Translation

Ensuite, il y a un autre enfer, hérissé tout autour de pointes de fer. C'est là que vont les incendiaires ainsi que les tueurs de femmes.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable); उपपद-क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial) — 'thereupon/then'

• lohamayaiḥ: with iron-made
• lohamayaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loha + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण — 'made of iron'

• kīlaiḥ: by/with spikes, nails
• kīlaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• saṃcitaḥ: heaped up, piled
• saṃcitaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√ci (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषण — 'heaped/collected'

• anyaḥ: another (one)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• samantataḥ: on all sides
• samantataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण — 'on all sides'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक — 'there'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• agni-pradātāraḥ: givers of fire (arsonists)
• agni-pradātāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni + pra-√dā (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि कृदन्त (तृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'those who give fire'

• strīṇām: of women
• strīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• hantāraḥ: killers
• hantāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √han (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि कृदन्त (तृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lohamaya-kīla naraka (iron-spike hell)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bleak hellscape ringed with iron spikes; offenders—arsonists and women-killers—are driven among the spikes by fierce attendants; sparks and metallic glare dominate.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence that destroys life and safety—such as arson and killing women—is portrayed as extreme adharma with dreadful consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it continues the chapter’s moral mapping of sins and their results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific dāna/vrata is stated in this particular verse; it identifies offenders assigned to the described naraka.