Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
एतस्मिन्नंतरे पौराः सर्वे शोकपरायणाः । जगर्हुः परुषैर्वाक्यैर्दुष्टां तां विषकन्यकाम्
Transliteration
etasminnaṃtare paurāḥ sarve śokaparāyaṇāḥ | jagarhuḥ paruṣairvākyairduṣṭāṃ tāṃ viṣakanyakām
Translation
その時、悲しみに打ちひしがれた町の人々は皆、その邪悪な毒娘を厳しい言葉で非難した。
Word by Word
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अन्तरेinterval/meantime
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (एतस्मिन् अन्तरे) = in the meantime
पौराःcitizens/townsmen
पौराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपौर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पौराः)
शोकपरायणाःabsorbed in grief
शोकपरायणाः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक-परायण (प्रातिपदिक: शोक + परायण)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (शोके परायणाः = devoted/absorbed in grief)
जगर्हुःcensured/reproached
जगर्हुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गर्ह् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
परुषैःwith harsh
परुषैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग (वाक्य-विशेषण), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (वाक्यैः)
वाक्यैःwords/speeches
वाक्यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
दुष्टाम्wicked
दुष्टाम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दुष्/दुष् + क्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ताम्)
ताम्her/that (woman)
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विषकन्यकाम्the poison-maiden
विषकन्यकाम्:
Karma (Object apposition/कर्म-अपपद)
TypeNoun
Rootविष-कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक: विष + कन्यका)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (विषस्य कन्यका = poison-maiden)
Speaker
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: In the city square, grieving townspeople gather, pointing and rebuking a feared ‘poison-maiden’; faces show sorrow, anger, and panic; the atmosphere is charged with moral accusation.
Characters & Entities
P
paurāḥ (citizens)V
viṣakanyā (poison-maiden)FAQs
In grief people seek a cause and may condemn others; Purāṇic ethics encourages moving from blame toward dharmic remedy and purification.
Not identified in this verse.
None.
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