Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अनेन पाप्मनाऽस्माकं कुभूपेन प्रणाशिता । खे गतिर्लोभयित्वा तु पत्न्योऽस्माकमकृत्रिमाः । सरलास्तद्गणाः सर्वे येनेदृग्व्यसनं स्थितम्

Transliteration

anena pāpmanā'smākaṃ kubhūpena praṇāśitā | khe gatirlobhayitvā tu patnyo'smākamakṛtrimāḥ | saralāstadgaṇāḥ sarve yenedṛgvyasanaṃ sthitam

Translation

या पापकर्माने त्या दुष्ट राजाने आमचा सर्वनाश केला. आमची गती व निर्धार लोभवून त्याने आमच्या निष्कपट पत्नींसही फसविले. त्याचे ते सर्व सरळ जन—त्याच्यामुळेच—ही भयंकर आपत्ती उद्भवली.

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronoun-adjective); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• pāpmanā: by sin/evil
• pāpmanā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• ku-bhūpena: by the wicked king
• ku-bhūpena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ku (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः—कुभूपः = दुष्टः भूपः (a wicked king)

• praṇāśitāḥ: destroyed
• praṇāśitāḥ: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√naś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• khe: in the sky/space
• khe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• gatiḥ: movement/going
• gatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• lobhayitvā: having enticed
• lobhayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lubh (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (absolutive/क्त्वा); तुमुन्-प्रत्ययार्थक causative sense (लॊभयति = to entice)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• patnyaḥ: wives
• patnyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• akṛtrimāḥ: natural, not artificial
• akṛtrimāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṛtrima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• saralāḥ: simple/straightforward
• saralāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• tad-gaṇāḥ: their attendants/group
• tad-gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—तस्य गणाः (their group/retinue)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• īdṛk-vyasanaṃ: such a calamity/misfortune
• īdṛk-vyasanaṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īdṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः—ईदृक् व्यसनम् (such a calamity)

• sthitam: has occurred/has come to be
• sthitam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Sages/brāhmaṇas (lamenting and attributing blame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aggrieved men/ascetics lamenting a king’s wrongdoing; background suggests an āśrama or tīrtha precinct; the mood is accusatory and sorrowful, with wives implied as victims and the king as the unseen cause.

Characters & Entities

• wicked king (kubhūpa)
• wives (patnyaḥ)
• retinue/people (tadgaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed and improper patronage corrupt both giver and receiver; dharma breached by leaders can precipitate widespread suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it continues the moral-legal narrative embedded in the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse reinforces the earlier dharma rule against temptations and improper acceptance of royal gifts by ascetics.