Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्माद्विष्णो महेशानस्त्वयाऽपि न निषेधितः । तस्मात्त्वमपि पाषाणो भविष्यसि न संशयः

Transliteration

yasmādviṣṇo maheśānastvayā'pi na niṣedhitaḥ | tasmāttvamapi pāṣāṇo bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

「汝はヴィシュヌ、偉大なる主（マヘーシャーナ）を制さなかった。ゆえに汝もまた石となる。疑いはない。」

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because/from the fact that
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/ablative of cause), एकवचन

• विष्णो: O Vishnu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• महेशानः: Maheshana (Great Lord, Shiva)
• महेशानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईशान)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘महान् ईशानः’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षा-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• निषेधितः: was forbidden/prevented
• निषेधितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + सिध्/षिध् (धातु) → निषेधित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि; ‘निषेधितः’ = प्रतिषिद्धः

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/ablative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• पाषाणः: a stone
• पाषाणः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाषाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: no
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (idiom with संशयः)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratishedha-vakya-artha (Idiomatic/वाक्यार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = नास्ति संशयः

Speaker

Pārvatī (in a context of divine admonition/curse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern pronouncement of a curse: a divine or authoritative figure declares that the addressed being will become stone for not restraining Viṣṇu/Maheśāna; the atmosphere is tense, with fate closing in.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine beings are shown as accountable to dharma; negligence in restraining wrongdoing leads to consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the snippet itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct instruction on snāna, dāna, or japa appears in this verse.