Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततस्तं व्याधिना ग्रस्तं पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जितम् । दायादाः सहसोपेता राज्यं जह्रुस्ततः परम्

Transliteration

tatastaṃ vyādhinā grastaṃ putrapautravivarjitam | dāyādāḥ sahasopetā rājyaṃ jahrustataḥ param

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവൻ രോഗബാധിതനായി, പുത്രപൗത്രരഹിതനായി. ദായാദന്മാർ പെട്ടെന്ന് ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂടി അവന്റെ രാജ്യം കവർന്നു കൊണ്ടുപോയി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• vyādhinā: by disease
• vyādhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• grastam: afflicted/seized
• grastam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gras (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘seized/afflicted’

• putra-pautra-vivarjitam: deprived of sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-vivarjitam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (वि+वृज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: समास: पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जित (Tatpurusha; ‘putra-pautra’ as object of ‘vivarjita’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण

• dāyādāḥ: heirs/kinsmen
• dāyādāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāyāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• sahasā: suddenly/forcibly
• sahasā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘suddenly/forcibly/at once’

• upetāḥ: having come/assembled
• upetāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa + i (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘having come/approached, accompanied’

• rājyam: the kingdom
• rājyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• jahruḥ: they took away
• jahruḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (sequence adverb): ‘thereafter’

• param: afterwards/further
• param: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), ‘afterwards/further’

Speaker

Narrator (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suparṇākhyā-kṣetra (implied by narrative flow)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A once-royal figure lies weakened by disease as kinsmen assemble in a courtly hall and seize royal insignia; the crown and parasol pass to others while the king’s gaze turns inward.

Characters & Entities

• disease (vyādhi)
• heirs/kinsmen (dāyāda)
• kingdom (rājya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without dharma is unstable; adharma culminates in suffering, isolation, and the loss of sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not specify a tīrtha; it continues the didactic narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates consequences rather than prescribing a rite.