Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

पौत्रोऽहं तव देवेश पुलस्त्यस्य सुतो द्विजः । नीतो राक्षसतामद्य प्रस्थात्रा कोपतो विभो

Transliteration

pautro'haṃ tava deveśa pulastyasya suto dvijaḥ | nīto rākṣasatāmadya prasthātrā kopato vibho

Translation

「おお देवたちの主よ、私はあなたの孫—プラスタヤの子である द्विज（バラモン）です。今日、プラスタートリの怒りによって、私は羅刹の境へと追いやられました。おお大いなる御方よ。」

Word by Word

• पौत्रः: grandson
• पौत्रः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देव-ईश (देवानाम् ईशः); पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पुलस्त्यस्य: of Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजः: a brāhmaṇa / twice-born
• द्विजः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नीतः: (I was) led
• नीतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव (having been led)

• राक्षसताम्: into demonhood
• राक्षसताम्: Gati/Parinama (Result state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (गन्तव्य/परिणाम-भाव)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time: today/now)

• प्रस्थात्रा: by the one who set out (the traveler)
• प्रस्थात्रा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कोपतः: from anger, due to anger
• कोपतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (हेतौ)

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

The afflicted brāhmaṇa (Pulastya’s son; speaking to Pitāmaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The supplicant points to himself in confession, then gestures toward Brahmā in appeal, describing his lineage and the curse/wrath that made him rākṣasa-like.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Prasthātṛ
• Pitāmaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even noble birth does not shield one from karmic consequence; dharma is preserved through accountability and corrective action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits inside a tīrtha-glorification chapter, but this line itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse introduces the cause (anger/curse) behind the transformation.