Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

यावन्मात्राविहीनां च ततो ज्ञात्वा च तां हृताम् । तेन शिष्येण मूर्च्छाढ्यो निपपात महीतले

Transliteration

yāvanmātrāvihīnāṃ ca tato jñātvā ca tāṃ hṛtām | tena śiṣyeṇa mūrcchāḍhyo nipapāta mahītale

Translation

そして、自らの「マー トラー」（託された分量）が欠け、盗まれたと悟るや、その弟子は失神に襲われ、地に倒れ伏した。

Word by Word

• यावत्: as much as / to the extent that
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक-सम्बन्धे (correlative/extent marker: 'as much as')

• मात्रा: the amount/measure
• मात्रा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'मात्रा' = मात्रा/परिमाण (measure/amount)

• विहीनाम्: devoid (of it)
• विहीनाम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vihīna (कृदन्त; √hā (धातु) + vi-; भूतकृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'विहीना' = रहिता (devoid of)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (then/from that)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having known'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हृताम्: stolen/taken away
• हृताम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √hṛ (धातु) + क्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'हृता' = अपहृता (stolen/taken away)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 'by him/with that'

• शिष्येण: by the disciple
• शिष्येण: Karana (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मूर्च्छा-आढ्यः: overcome with fainting
• मूर्च्छा-आढ्यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrcchā (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध: 'मूर्च्छया आढ्यः' = मूर्च्छायुक्तः (filled with fainting)

• निपपात: fell down
• निपपात: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु) + नि-; लिट् (परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महीतले: on the ground
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'महीतल' = पृथिवीतल (ground surface)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāgeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciple counts and realizes the entrusted measure is missing; his face drains, eyes roll, and he collapses onto the earth of the sacred precinct, dust rising around him.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to wealth and the shock of loss are depicted as causes of suffering, setting the stage for a higher tīrtha-centered resolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya context points to Jāgeśvara tīrtha, though this verse itself focuses on the narrative incident.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse describes the discovery of theft and the disciple’s collapse.