Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अन्यजातिसमुद्भूता अन्येन विधृता यदि । तावुभौ धर्मकार्येषु संत्याज्यौ नित्यदा मतौ

Transliteration

anyajātisamudbhūtā anyena vidhṛtā yadi | tāvubhau dharmakāryeṣu saṃtyājyau nityadā matau

Translation

മറ്റൊരു ജാതിയിൽ ജനിച്ച സ്ത്രീയെ മറ്റൊരു പുരുഷൻ സ്വീകരിച്ചാൽ, ആ ഇരുവരെയും ധർമ്മകാര്യങ്ങളിൽ നിത്യമായി ഉപേക്ഷ്യരെന്നു കരുതുന്നു।

Word by Word

• anyajāti-samudbhūtā: born of another caste
• anyajāti-samudbhūtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya + jāti + samudbhūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; samud√bhū)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—अन्यजाति-समुद्भूता (‘born from another caste’)

• anyena: by another (man)
• anyena: Karana (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vidhṛtā: kept/maintained (as wife)
• vidhṛtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi√dhṛ (कृदन्त; विधृत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• dharma-kāryeṣu: in religious duties
• dharma-kāryeṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; समासः—धर्मस्य कार्याणि

• saṃtyājyau: to be abandoned
• saṃtyājyau: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√tyaj (कृदन्त; त्याज्य/gerundive)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; भाव्य (gerundive: ‘to be abandoned’)

• nityadā: always
• nityadā: Sambandha (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालार्थक-अव्यय (always)

• matau: are considered
• matau: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √man)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) — ‘considered/held (to be)’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha assembly where a priest indicates exclusion from a ritual circle; the mood is admonitory, emphasizing boundaries of dharmic participation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text links social/ritual order with eligibility for formal dharmic rites, reflecting a normative dharma framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific pilgrimage site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states a rule of exclusion from dharma-kāryas (formal rites), without naming a particular ceremony.