Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

मानुषं रूपमास्थाय पुरा मां त्वं समाश्रितः । कामोपहृतचित्तात्मा तस्मान्मर्त्यो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

mānuṣaṃ rūpamāsthāya purā māṃ tvaṃ samāśritaḥ | kāmopahṛtacittātmā tasmānmartyo bhaviṣyasi

Translation

かつて、あなたは人間の姿をとって私に近づき、その心と魂は欲望に奪われていました。それゆえ、あなたは定命の者となるでしょう。

Word by Word

• mānuṣam: human
• mānuṣam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānuṣa (मानुष, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — human (qualifying rūpam)

• rūpam: form
• rūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (रूप, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — form

• āsthāya: having assumed
• āsthāya: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), आत्मनेपदी — having assumed/taken up

• purā: formerly
• purā: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (पुरा, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — formerly/once

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन — me

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — you

• samāśritaḥ: (you) resorted to
• samāśritaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√śri (श्रि धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — having resorted to/approached

• kāma-upahṛta-citta-ātmā: one whose mind is stolen by desire
• kāma-upahṛta-citta-ātmā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (काम, प्रातिपदिक) + upahṛta (उपहृत, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + citta (चित्त, प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (आत्मन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — whose mind-self is carried away by desire (qualifying tvam)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-निपातवत्) — therefore/from that reason

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Pratijna/Predicate nominal (Complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (मर्त्य, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — mortal (human)

• bhaviṣyasi: you will become
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — you will become

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā declares that Takṣaka once approached her in human form, mind stolen by desire; she pronounces the curse: ‘therefore you shall become mortal.’

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• Takṣaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire eclipses discernment, spiritual stature declines; dharma asserts consequence, even as a curse that reduces one’s condition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the moral-legal thread within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.