Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

अथासौ संपरित्यक्ता संस्पर्शान्मम निद्रया । चौररूपं परिज्ञाय मां शिष्यं प्ररुरोद ह

Transliteration

athāsau saṃparityaktā saṃsparśānmama nidrayā | caurarūpaṃ parijñāya māṃ śiṣyaṃ praruroda ha

Translation

Alors elle s’éveilla, troublée par mon attouchement. Reconnaissant en moi une allure de voleur, elle s’écria : «(C’est) ton disciple !»

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• असौ: she (that woman)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; (सा) इत्यर्थे

• संपरित्यक्ता: having been left/abandoned (i.e., separated)
• संपरित्यक्ता: Kriya (State/मुख्यवृत्ति)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-परि-त्यज् (धातु) → संपरित्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे—‘being abandoned/separated’

• संस्पर्शात्: from contact/touch
• संस्पर्शात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• निद्रया: by sleep
• निद्रया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• चौररूपम्: the form of a thief
• चौररूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (चौरस्य रूपम्)

• परिज्ञाय: having recognized
• परिज्ञाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• शिष्यम्: disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; माम् इति समानाधिकरण (me, (as) a disciple)

• प्ररुरोद: wept/cried out
• प्ररुरोद: Kriya (Main action/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (continuing the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman awakens in alarm at the touch, sees the disciple in a thief-like form, and cries out, identifying him as the guru’s disciple; the forest night is charged with shock and moral revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava’s wife
• śiṣya (disciple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma cannot remain hidden; wrongdoing is exposed, and dharma calls for immediate appeal to rightful protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative segment within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse centers on recognition of wrongdoing and calling for protection.