Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

न त्वया सदृशश्चान्यः पापात्मास्ति धरातले । शिरस्युद्भूतशूलोऽपि यो मृत्युं नाधिगच्छति

Transliteration

na tvayā sadṛśaścānyaḥ pāpātmāsti dharātale | śirasyudbhūtaśūlo'pi yo mṛtyuṃ nādhigacchati

Translation

या धरातलावर तुझ्यासारखा दुसरा पापात्मा नाही—ज्याच्या शिरातून शूल उगवला तरी जो मृत्यूला प्राप्त होत नाही.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः

• tvayā: than you / with you
• tvayā: Karana (Standard of comparison/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (Instrumental singular)

• sadṛśaḥ: equal, similar
• sadṛśaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (similar)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (and)

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘another (person)’

• pāpātmā: a sinful-souled one
• pāpātmā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समासः (पापः आत्मा यस्य सः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• dharātale: on the earth's surface
• dharātale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (धरा-तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• śirasi: on the head
• śirasi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• udbhūtaśūlaḥ: having a risen spike/pain
• udbhūtaśūlaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√bhū (धातु) + kta (कृत्) + śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (उद्भूतं शूलं यस्य/उद्भूत-शूलः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपि-निपातः (even/though)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (who)

• mṛtyum: death
• mṛtyum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपातः

• adhigacchati: reaches, attains
• adhigacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Dīrghikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sharp verbal confrontation: Dīrghikā points accusingly; the afflicted figure is imagined with a stake-like protrusion, while the sage reacts with stern pain.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghikā
• Māṇḍavya
• śūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harsh speech born of fatigue and distress can itself become adharma; the episode warns about judgment and cruelty in words.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The story continues within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative exchange escalating the moral tension.