Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
ततोऽसौ चिन्तयामास दुःशीलो निजचेतसि । मठे तावत्प्रवेशोऽस्ति नैव रात्रौ कथंचन
Transliteration
tato'sau cintayāmāsa duḥśīlo nijacetasi | maṭhe tāvatpraveśo'sti naiva rātrau kathaṃcana
Translation
すると、その性根の悪い男は胸中で策を巡らせた。「僧院への立ち入りは、せいぜいある程度までだ。だが夜となれば、どうしても入れぬ。」
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), अपादानार्थ/क्रम; then/thereupon
असौhe
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Pronoun (that man/he)
चिन्तयामासthought
चिन्तयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcintay (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्ष/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; Perfect (he thought/pondered)
दुःशीलःill-natured
दुःशीलः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootduḥśīla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; दुः+शील (bad-natured) used adjectivally
निजown
निज:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootnija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषसम्बन्धे (पूर्वपद), एकवचन; own (as prior member)
चेतसिin (his) mind
चेतसि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcetas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; निजचेतसि = in his own mind
मठेin the monastery
मठे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmaṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (in the monastery)
तावत्so far/at least
तावत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb), परिमाण/सीमा; so far/only thus much
प्रवेशःentry
प्रवेशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpraveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; Present indicative (is/exists)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
एवindeed/at all
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic particle)
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (at night)
कथंचनin any way
कथंचन:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkathaṃcana (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), निषेध-सह; in any way/at all
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A shadowy, ill-disposed man stands outside a high stone maṭha at dusk, eyes narrowed in calculation, while the monastery gate and walls loom as symbols of protected sanctity.
Characters & Entities
M
Maṭha (monastery)FAQs
When character is corrupted, the mind turns even sacred spaces into targets for wrongdoing; dharma requires inner restraint.
Not specified; the verse mentions a maṭha as the immediate setting.
None; it describes conditions of entry and the person’s scheming.