Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

एतेभ्यः कारणेभ्यश्च भर्तृयज्ञेन वर्जिताः । पुनश्च कारणं तेषां स्पर्शादपि न शुद्धिभाक्

Transliteration

etebhyaḥ kāraṇebhyaśca bhartṛyajñena varjitāḥ | punaśca kāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ sparśādapi na śuddhibhāk

Translation

या कारणांमुळे ते भर्तृ-यज्ञातून वर्जित आहेत; आणि आणखी एका कारणाने, केवळ स्पर्शानेही त्यांना शुद्धी प्राप्त होत नाही.

Word by Word

• एतेभ्यः: from these
• एतेभ्यः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• कारणेभ्यः: from/for these reasons
• कारणेभ्यः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction

• भर्तृयज्ञेन: by/through the husband-sacrifice (rite)
• भर्तृयज्ञेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('husband's sacrifice'); करण/हेतुवाचक तृतीया

• वर्जिताः: are excluded, deprived
• वर्जिताः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP): 'excluded/deprived'

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक adverb ('again')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• कारणम्: a reason
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेयार्थे ('a reason is...')

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• स्पर्शात्: from touch
• स्पर्शात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने ('from touch')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात ('even')

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध particle (negation)

• शुद्धिभाक्: one who attains purity (here: does not)
• शुद्धिभाक्: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + भाक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भज् (धातु) + क्विप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन/बहुवचन-प्रयोगे अव्यक्त (भाक्-शब्दः प्रायः प्रथमा एकवचन); 'possessing purity'—निषेधेन 'not attaining purity'

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yajña hall labeled Bhartṛ-yajña; certain figures are kept outside the ritual boundary; a symbolic wash/bath is shown as ineffective for them, emphasizing persistent doṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛ-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual participation is tied to moral and lineage narratives in Purāṇic dharma; certain groups are portrayed as disqualified within this story-world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger unit is Tīrthamāhātmya (holy-place glorification), but this verse focuses on ritual eligibility rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prohibition: exclusion from the Bhartṛ-yajña, along with a statement about non-attainment of purity even through touch.