Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तेषां मध्ये न ते साध्वि पापमेकमपि क्वचित् । तस्माच्छीघ्रं ग्रहं गच्छ निजं बांधवसंयुता

Transliteration

teṣāṃ madhye na te sādhvi pāpamekamapi kvacit | tasmācchīghraṃ grahaṃ gaccha nijaṃ bāṃdhavasaṃyutā

Translation

त्यांमध्ये, हे साध्वी, तुझे एकही पाप कुठेही नाही. म्हणून बांधवांसह लवकरच आपल्या घरी जा.

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• madhye: in the midst (among)
• madhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• te: for you / to you
• te: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान or Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sādhvi: O virtuous lady
• sādhvi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even)

• kvacit: ever, at any time
• kvacit: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ever/anywhere)

• tasmāt: therefore / from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• gṛham: home
• gṛham: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• nijam: your own
• nijam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (गृहस्य)

• bāndhava-saṃyutā: accompanied by (your) relatives
• bāndhava-saṃyutā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √yuj)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (with relatives), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम्)

Speaker

Devadūta (divine messenger)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sādhvī (addressed as ‘sādhvi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, authoritative divine instruction: the chaste woman is declared entirely sinless and told to return home with her relatives, implying restoration and social reintegration.

Characters & Entities

• devadūta
• bāndhava (kinsfolk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma ultimately restores the innocent: divine testimony clears the righteous and re-establishes social harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale of her ordeal is being framed as sacred; its tīrtha-status is confirmed in the subsequent declaration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction here; it is a directive to return home, following divine vindication.