Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा लज्जयाविष्टः कृपया चाथ सन्मुनिः । तमूचे सर्वदेवानां प्रत्यक्षं पाकशासनम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā lajjayāviṣṭaḥ kṛpayā cātha sanmuniḥ | tamūce sarvadevānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ pākaśāsanam

Translation

അത് കേട്ട് സന്മുനി ലജ്ജയിൽ മുങ്ങി; എങ്കിലും കരുണയാൽ പ്രേരിതനായി, സർവ്വദേവന്മാരുടെ മുമ്പിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി നിന്ന പാകശാസനൻ ഇന്ദ്രനോട് പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (speech/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘श्रुत्वा’ = having heard

• लज्जया: with shame; out of shame
• लज्जया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (instrumental: ‘with/by shame’)

• आविष्टः: overcome; seized
• आविष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle/भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘आविष्टः’ = possessed/overcome

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘then/now’)

• सन्: noble; good
• सन्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (good/noble)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऊचे: said; spoke
• ऊचे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (आर्ष-रूप ‘ऊचे’ = ‘said’)

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वे देवाः’)

• प्रत्यक्षम्: manifest; directly present
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (here: qualifying ‘पाकशासनम्’)

• पाकशासनम्: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक) + शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पाकस्य शासनम्’); इन्द्रस्य नाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual), introducing Gautama’s response to Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate sage, slightly downcast in modest shame, addresses Indra standing visibly before the gathered gods, establishing a solemn counsel in a celestial court.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Pākaśāsana
• Sarvadeva
• Sage (Gautama implied by later verses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when a wrong has occurred, a righteous person responds with humility and compassion, guiding the offender toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya passage in Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 207); the specific tīrtha is established by the surrounding verses rather than this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces the sage’s speech that leads into the Pañcarātra worship/mahotsava benefits.