Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
Devanagari script
मम गात्रात्सुदुर्गंधः समुद्गच्छति सर्वतः । भाराक्रांतानि गात्राणि सर्वाण्येवाचलानि च
Transliteration
mama gātrātsudurgaṃdhaḥ samudgacchati sarvataḥ | bhārākrāṃtāni gātrāṇi sarvāṇyevācalāni ca
Translation
De mon corps s’exhale de toutes parts une puanteur immonde. Mes membres sont accablés d’un lourd fardeau, et tous semblent comme figés, sans mouvement.
Word by Word
ममof me / my
मम:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
गात्रात्from (my) body/limb
गात्रात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)
सु-दुर्गन्धःa very foul smell
सु-दुर्गन्धः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (intensifying: ‘very foul-smell’)
समुद्गच्छतिarises / comes forth
समुद्गच्छति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + सम्+उद् (उपसर्ग)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
सर्वतःfrom all sides / everywhere
सर्वतः:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
भार-आक्रान्तानिoverwhelmed by burden
भार-आक्रान्तानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभार (प्रातिपदिक) + आक्रान्त (कृदन्त; आ+क्रम् धातोः क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘overpowered’; तत्पुरुष-समास (by burden)
गात्राणिlimbs / body-parts
गात्राणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
एवindeed / just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), अवधारण (emphasis)
अचलानिimmovable / unable to move
अचलानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअचल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction), समुच्चय (copulative)
Speaker
The king (rājā/pārthiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A tormented king sits in a dim palace chamber, sweating and motionless, attendants recoiling; a visible dark haze suggests stench and the ‘weight’ of sin.
Characters & Entities
B
brahmahatyā (implied)V
Vasiṣṭha (context)FAQs
Pāpa is not merely abstract; it can manifest as tangible suffering, urging the sinner toward repentance and purification.
No site is named in this verse.
None directly; the verse describes the distress that prompts seeking prāyaścitta.