Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

जनहास्यकरो लोके स्थितस्तत्रैव सर्वदा । पश्यमानो विकारांस्तान्दुःखितः स्वसुतोद्भवान्

Transliteration

janahāsyakaro loke sthitastatraiva sarvadā | paśyamāno vikārāṃstānduḥkhitaḥ svasutodbhavān

Translation

ലോകത്തിൽ ജനഹാസ്യത്തിന് പാത്രനായി അവൻ അവിടെയേ സദാ നിലകൊണ്ടു; സ്വന്തം പുത്രനിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന ആ വികാരങ്ങൾ കണ്ടു ദുഃഖിതനായി।

Word by Word

• जन-हास्य-करः: causing people’s laughter; a laughingstock
• जन-हास्य-करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) + हास्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (जनानां हास्यं करोति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्थितः: remaining; staying
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'standing/remaining'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = adverb of place 'there'

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण) = emphatic particle 'indeed/just'

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = adverb 'always'

• पश्यमानः: seeing; observing
• पश्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) = present active participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'seeing'

• विकारान्: changes; deformities
• विकारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण = demonstrative 'those' (qualifies विकारान्)

• दुःखितः: distressed; sorrowful
• दुःखितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण = 'distressed'

• स्व-सुत-उद्भवान्: arisen from his own son
• स्व-सुत-उद्भवान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (स्वस्य सुतस्य उद्भवाः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण = qualifies विकारान्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disgraced ascetic/sage stands amid laughing townspeople; he remains rooted, eyes lowered, watching afflicted/deformed descendants and grieving silently.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma brings social disgrace and inner grief; suffering is intensified when one sees harm manifesting through one’s own family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name is stated in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated here; the verse describes an ongoing condition of humiliation and sorrow.