Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 103
Devanagari script
परदाररतानां च यत्पापं जीवघातिनाम् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
Transliteration
paradāraratānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ jīvaghātinām | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
Translation
もし我が視界に入った蛇を討たぬなら、他人の妻に耽る者の罪と、生きとし生けるものを殺す者の罪とが、我に降りかかりますように。
Word by Word
परदाररतानाम्of adulterers (those attached to others’ wives)
परदाररतानाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpara-dāra-rata (प्रातिपदिक; पर + दार + रत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; 'of those devoted to others’ wives'
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय)
यत्whatever
यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of पापम्)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
जीवघातिनाम्of killers of living beings
जीवघातिनाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootjīva-ghātin (प्रातिपदिक; जीव + घातिन्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; 'of killers of living beings'
तत्that (sin)
तत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
मेof me
मे:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (genitive) एकवचन-रूप (enclitic)
स्यात्would be
स्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (शर्त)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध)
हन्मिI kill
हन्मि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√han (धातु)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
सर्पम्a snake
सर्पम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
दृष्टिवशम्under (my) sight/control
दृष्टिवशम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛṣṭi-vaśa (प्रातिपदिक; दृष्टि + वश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
गतम्come/entered (that state)
गतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√gam (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
Speaker
Unspecified first-person narrator (context not provided in snippet)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The vow-taker’s fierce declaration continues; symbolic imagery of forbidden desire and slaughter appears as cautionary shadows, while a serpent glides into view—triggering the vow’s violent intent.
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic dharma condemning adultery and violence, while portraying how a vow may invoke these sins as a self-imposed sanction.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this shloka.
None; it is part of an oath sequence.