Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

द्वितीय एष विप्रेंद्र महारौरवसंज्ञितः । कृतघ्नैः सेव्यते नित्यं तथा च गुरुतल्पगैः

Transliteration

dvitīya eṣa vipreṃdra mahārauravasaṃjñitaḥ | kṛtaghnaiḥ sevyate nityaṃ tathā ca gurutalpagaiḥ

Translation

ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രാ! ഇത് രണ്ടാമത്തെ നരകം ‘മഹാരൗരവ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധം; കൃതഘ്നർ ഇവിടെ നിത്യവാസം ചെയ്യുന്നു, അതുപോലെ ഗുരുശയ്യ ലംഘിക്കുന്നവരും।

Word by Word

• द्वितीयः: the second
• द्वितीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); सर्वनाम

• विप्रेन्द्र: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular); 'विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः'

• महारौरवसंज्ञितः: named ‘Mahāraurava’
• महारौरवसंज्ञितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + रौरव + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) संज्ञि+त; 'महाराैरव-इति संज्ञा यस्य'

• कृतघ्नैः: by the ungrateful
• कृतघ्नैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• सेव्यते: is resorted to/inhabited
• सेव्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in that manner/also)

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

• गुरुतल्पगैः: by those who violate the guru’s bed
• गुरुतल्पगैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + तल्प + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural); 'गुरोः तल्पं गच्छन्ति' (teacher's-bed violators)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāraurava

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra / sudvija (a leading brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A labeled infernal realm ‘Mahāraurava’: sinners marked by symbols of betrayal (broken offering bowl for ingratitude; overturned teacher’s seat for guru-apacāra) are driven by karmic forces into a blazing, echoing pit.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāraurava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma warns that grave breaches of gratitude and guru-reverence lead to severe karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya section but here focuses on naraka-classification rather than naming a specific tīrtha in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is stated here; it is primarily a doctrinal warning about adharma.