Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यस्मात्पाप त्वयाहं च पादघातैः प्रताडितः । तस्मात्ते पततां पादौ सद्य एव धरातले

Transliteration

yasmātpāpa tvayāhaṃ ca pādaghātaiḥ pratāḍitaḥ | tasmātte patatāṃ pādau sadya eva dharātale

Translation

Puisque, ô pécheur, tu m'as frappé de tes pieds, que tes pieds tombent aussitôt sur la terre !

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because (of which); since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/हेतु-अर्थे ‘because/from which’

• पाप: O sinner
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• पादघातैः: with kicks (blows of the foot)
• पादघातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + ghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘पादस्य घातः’ (तत्पुरुष)

• प्रताडितः: was beaten/struck
• प्रताडितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘having been struck’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (हेतु/निष्कर्षार्थ) — ‘therefore/from that reason’

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पतताम्: let (them) fall
• पतताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; आशीर्वाद/शापार्थे ‘let (them) fall’

• पादौ: (your) two feet
• पादौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण)

• धरातले: on the ground
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘धरायाः तलम्’ (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sāṃkṛti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ṛṣi’s curse manifests: the offender’s feet sever/fall to the ground; the offender collapses in shock; the devotee and bystanders witness the instant justice.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃkṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence toward the holy rebounds instantly; purāṇas portray moral law as immediate and embodied in consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the tīrtha name is not stated here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a curse statement, not a ritual instruction.