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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

उक्तौ चाभिरतानां च यत्पापं गरदायिनाम् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्

Transliteration

uktau cābhiratānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ garadāyinām | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam

Translation

Que le péché de ceux qui se délectent de paroles mensongères, et le péché des donneurs de poison, retombe sur moi—si je ne tue pas le serpent venu sous mon regard.

Word by Word
उक्तौin (one’s) utterance/speech
उक्तौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘उक्ति’ = वचन/कथन (in speech/utterance)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
अभिरतानाम्of those engaged (in it)
अभिरतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootअभिरत (कृदन्त; √रम् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘अभिरत’ = आसक्त/निरत (engaged in)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन
गरदायिनाम्of poison-givers
गरदायिनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगर-दायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; गर + दायिन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘गर’ = विष (poison) + ‘दायिन्’ = दाता (giver)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अन्वयः ‘तत् पापम्’ (that sin)
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (6th/4th), एकवचन; enclitic ‘मे’ = my/to me
स्यात्would be
स्यात्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation)
हन्मिI kill
हन्मि:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सर्पम्the snake
सर्पम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
दृष्टिवशम्under (my) gaze’s control
दृष्टिवशम्:
Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootदृष्टि-वश (प्रातिपदिक; दृष्टि + वश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; ‘दृष्टेः वशः’ = दृष्ट्या अधीनता (under the control of sight)
गतम्gone/come (into that state)
गतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)
Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator (context not provided in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vigilant dharmic figure, eyes fixed, confronting a raised-hood serpent at the edge of a pilgrimage path; the vow is visualized as a spoken mantra-like declaration hovering in the air.

FAQs

It lists serious ethical violations (falsehood and poisoning) as moral boundaries, while continuing the narrative portrayal of an anger-driven oath.

No specific sacred site is named in this shloka.

None; it continues an oath rather than prescribing a vrata or tīrtha-rite.

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