Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शाक्रं पदं समासाद्य यस्मादेतेन पाप्मना । अतिक्रांता वयं सर्वे तस्मात्पात्यः स सत्पदात्

Transliteration

śākraṃ padaṃ samāsādya yasmādetena pāpmanā | atikrāṃtā vayaṃ sarve tasmātpātyaḥ sa satpadāt

Translation

«ເນື່ອງຈາກພວກເຮົາໄດ້ເຂົ້າເຖິງຕຳແໜ່ງຂອງຊັກຣະ ແຕ່ຖືກຄົນບາບນີ້ກ້າຂ້າມເຫນືອພວກເຮົາທັງໝົດ ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈຶ່ງຕ້ອງໃຫ້ເຂົາຕົກຈາກຍົດອັນສູງສົ່ງນັ້ນ»।

Word by Word

• śākram: of Śakra/Indra’s
• śākram: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śākra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (padaṃ)

• padam: position, post
• padam: Karma (object of samāsādya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samāsādya: having attained
• samāsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having attained/reached’

• yasmāt: because/from which
• yasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (from which/because)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; यत्-शब्द

• etena: by this (one)
• etena: Karaṇa (instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pāpmanā: by sin/evil
• pāpmanā: Karaṇa/Hetu (instrumental of cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• atikrāntāḥ: have been surpassed/overstepped
• atikrāntāḥ: Karta (predicate participle of vayaṃ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati-kram (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘overstepped/surpassed’

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (vayam)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Conclusion marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (correlative): ‘therefore/from that reason’ (तस्मात्)

• pātyaḥ: should be cast down
• pātyaḥ: Vidhi (predicate adjective of saḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pat (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त साध्य/योग्य-वाचक कृदन्त: ‘to be made to fall/should be cast down’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• satpadāt: from the noble post
• satpadāt: Apādāna (from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सत्-पद (कर्मधारय: ‘good/exalted position’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Vālakhilya Munis (collective resolve, expressed as a mantra-intention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the hermitage, the sages pronounce a stern vow: because this sinner has overstepped them even up to Indra’s station, he must be made to fall from that exalted post.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Vālakhilyas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rank and power are legitimate only when aligned with dharma; arrogance and wrongdoing lead to downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse concerns the cosmic office of Indra rather than a named geographical tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sankalpa-like intention within a mantra rite to remove an unworthy ruler from office.