Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तेन प्रोक्ता विरुद्धानि वाक्यानि विविधानि च । एतस्या नास्ति दोषोऽत्र मद्बाणैः पीडिता भृशम्

Transliteration

tena proktā viruddhāni vākyāni vividhāni ca | etasyā nāsti doṣo'tra madbāṇaiḥ pīḍitā bhṛśam

Translation

「矛盾し、また不相応な言葉をさまざまに口にしたのは私である。このことにおいて彼女に罪はない。彼女は我が矢により甚だしく苦しめられたのだ。」

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तानि: spoken
• प्रोक्तानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+उच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; वाक्यानि इत्यस्य विशेषण

• विरुद्धानि: contrary, conflicting
• विरुद्धानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरुद्ध (कृदन्त; वि+रुध् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; वाक्यानि इत्यस्य विशेषण

• वाक्यानि: statements/words
• वाक्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; वाक्यानि इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एतस्याः: of her
• एतस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• मत्-बाणैः: by my arrows
• मत्-बाणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (प्रातिपदिक; अस्मद्-सम्बन्ध) + बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मम बाणैः = by my arrows)

• पीडिता: afflicted, tormented
• पीडिता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड् (धातु) → पीडित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; एषा/सा इत्यस्य विशेषण

• भृशम्: greatly
• भृशम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: greatly/excessively)

Speaker

Kāma (Kāmadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma speaks with remorse, gesturing toward his flower-arrows as the cause; the woman appears as an innocent sufferer; the sage’s sternness softens into discerning compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• arrows of Kāma (mad-bāṇa)
• the woman (etasyāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma distinguishes between the instigator and the afflicted; blame should not be placed on one overpowered by compulsion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is not named in this verse; it forms part of a broader Tīrthamāhātmya discourse in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the verse argues ethically against assigning guilt to the afflicted.