Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततः सुवर्णमादाय त्यक्त्वा तां रुधिरप्लुताम् । अवध्यैषेति संचिंत्य स्वपुरं प्रति ते गताः

Transliteration

tataḥ suvarṇamādāya tyaktvā tāṃ rudhiraplutām | avadhyaiṣeti saṃciṃtya svapuraṃ prati te gatāḥ

Translation

そして金を取り上げ、血まみれの彼女を置き去りにした。「殺してはならない」と考え、彼らは自分たちの都市へと戻っていった。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक (thereafter/from that)

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having taken’

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having abandoned’

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रुधिरप्लुताम्: soaked in blood
• रुधिरप्लुताम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर + प्लुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘blood-soaked’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ताम्)

• अवध्या: not to be killed, inviolable
• अवध्या: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (Subject of quoted thought/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• संचिंत्य: having thought
• संचिंत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having reflected/thought’

• स्वपुरम्: their own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma (Goal-object with प्रति/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘own city’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Directional marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद (preposition) governing द्वितीया; गत्यर्थ (towards)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (or common), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used finitely); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘gone’ (with implied ‘अभवन्’)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Assailants depart with stolen gold; the wounded woman lies blood-soaked, abandoned. The attackers’ backward glance suggests fear of murder-sin while still clinging to theft.

Characters & Entities

• suvarṇa (gold)
• nṛpa-sevakāḥ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Avoiding outright killing does not absolve grave harm; dharma judges intention, violence, and theft together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha’s greatness is developed later in the adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.