Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततो हत्वा समादाय भूषणानि व्रजाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tato hatvā samādāya bhūṣaṇāni vrajāmyaham

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം അവളെ കൊന്ന്, ആഭരണങ്ങൾ കൈക്കലാക്കി ഞാൻ പോകും.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Discourse/time marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/ततः-प्रभृति (thereafter)

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• समादाय: having taken/collected
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• भूषणानि: ornaments
• भूषणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• व्रजामि: I go/leave
• व्रजामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

The thief/hunter (internal monologue quoted by narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close, dark vignette: the thief’s face hardened with resolve, hands imagining seizing ornaments; in the background, the temple lamps continue to glow, indifferent yet witnessing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It starkly portrays the depth of adharma—violence for gain—so that the later power of sacred observance appears even more transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Śiva-temple precinct where the episode unfolds during Śivarātri.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it records the sinner’s intention within a festival setting.