Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ऋचीक उवाच । यत्किंचिद्ब्रह्मतेजः स्यात्तन्न्यस्तं ते चरौ मया । क्षात्त्रं तेजश्च ते मातुर्व्यत्ययं च कथंचन । करोमि वाधमो लोके शास्त्र स्य च व्यतिक्रमम्

Transliteration

ṛcīka uvāca | yatkiṃcidbrahmatejaḥ syāttannyastaṃ te carau mayā | kṣāttraṃ tejaśca te māturvyatyayaṃ ca kathaṃcana | karomi vādhamo loke śāstra sya ca vyatikramam

Translation

ഋചീകൻ പറഞ്ഞു—എന്തെങ്കിലും ബ്രാഹ്മണതേജസ് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ അതെല്ലാം ഞാൻ നിന്റെ ചരുവിൽ (യജ്ഞാഹുതിയിൽ) നിക്ഷേപിച്ചു. നിന്റെ മാതാവിന്റെ ക്ഷാത്രതേജസ്സിലും എങ്ങനെയോ ഒരു വ്യത്യയം വരുത്തുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ലോകത്തിൽ ഞാൻ നിന്ദ്യനായി, ശാസ്ത്രവിധി ലംഘിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ṛcīkaḥ: Ṛcīka (name)
• ṛcīkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛcīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• kiṃcit: any (something)
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• brahma-tejaḥ: Brahmanical spiritual power
• brahma-tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ tejaḥ)

• syāt: may be / should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• nyastam: placed/deposited
• nyastam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√as (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• carau: in the sacrificial porridge (caru)
• carau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (वेदिक/काव्य-प्रयोगे); ‘चरु’ = पायस/हविः

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• kṣāttram: Kṣatriya nature/power
• kṣāttram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tejaḥ: splendor/energy
• tejaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mātuḥ: of (your) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vyatyayam: reversal/interchange
• vyatyayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• kathaṃcana: somehow / in any way
• kathaṃcana: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/अनिश्चित-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: somehow/in any way)

• karomi: I do / I cause
• karomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• adhamo: low/base (person)
• adhamo: Karta (Subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicative)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• śāstrasya: of the scripture/law
• śāstrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• vyatikramam: transgression/violation
• vyatikramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛcīka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Satyavatī (wife)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ṛcīka, austere and radiant, stands by a homa-kuṇḍa, confessing that he has placed brāhma-tejas into an oblation and caused a reversal of kṣātra-tejas; the fire glows with two-toned radiance, suggesting mixed destinies.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛcīka
• Śāstra
• Caru (oblation)
• Brahmatejas
• Kṣātra-tejas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful sages acknowledge śāstric limits; altering dhārmic order for personal requests is portrayed as a serious moral and scriptural breach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name is mentioned in this verse excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Caru (a cooked oblation) is referenced as a ritual medium through which tejas is symbolically ‘placed’ or transferred.