Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अन्धक उवाच । न त्वं देवो मया ज्ञातो वाग्दुष्टेन दुरात्मना । ईदृग्वीर्यसमोपेतस्तद्युक्तं भवता कृतम्

Transliteration

andhaka uvāca | na tvaṃ devo mayā jñāto vāgduṣṭena durātmanā | īdṛgvīryasamopetastadyuktaṃ bhavatā kṛtam

Translation

アンダカは言った。「悪しき心と言葉の穢れをもつこの私が、あなたを神と見抜けなかった。かくも大いなる威力を備えるあなたにとって、なされたことはまことに相応しい。」

Word by Word

• andhakaḥ: Andhaka
• andhakaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'said'

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devaḥ: a god
• devaḥ: Vidhāna (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (tvam-सम्बन्धि विधेय)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• jñātaḥ: known
• jñātaḥ: Kriyā (Passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (implicit passive: 'was known')

• vāk-duṣṭena: with wicked speech
• vāk-duṣṭena: Karaṇa (Instrumental of manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक) + duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः: 'वाचा दुष्टः' = 'wicked in speech' (qualifying durātmanā)

• dur-ātmanā: by an evil-minded (me)
• dur-ātmanā: Karta (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dur (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: 'दुरात्मा' = 'evil-minded person' (self-reference)

• īdṛk-vīrya-samopetaḥ: endowed with such power
• īdṛk-vīrya-samopetaḥ: Vidhāna (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक) + samupeta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: 'ईदृशं वीर्यं येन समुपेतः' = 'endowed with such power'

• tat: that, therefore
• tat: Sambandha (Deictic)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (yuktam-विशेषण) 'that/therefore'

• yuktam: proper, fitting
• yuktam: Vidhāna (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used adjectivally, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'proper/fitting'

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karta (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; honorific 'by you'

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (impersonal passive: 'was done')

Speaker

Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka speaks directly to Śiva: his posture lowered, face turned upward in remorse; Śiva stands unwavering, embodying divine might and moral order.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Śiva (addressed as Deva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Admission of fault and recognition of the Divine is the first step toward purification and restoration of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not mentioned in this verse; it is part of the larger Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it models stuti and confession (prāyaścitta-bhāva) through speech.