Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

मम द्वेषपरा नित्यं शिवदूतीपुरस्सराः । तासां परस्परं संगः कदाचिच्च भविष्यति

Transliteration

mama dveṣaparā nityaṃ śivadūtīpurassarāḥ | tāsāṃ parasparaṃ saṃgaḥ kadācicca bhaviṣyati

Translation

Mereka sentiasa menaruh kebencian terhadapku, dipimpin oleh wanita utusan Śiva; dan pergaulan sesama mereka hanya akan terjadi pada suatu ketika sahaja (amat jarang).

Word by Word

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• द्वेष-पराः: intent on hatred
• द्वेष-पराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्वेषे पराः = devoted to hatred)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• शिव-दूती-पुरःसराः: (they) led by Śiva’s female messengers
• शिव-दूती-पुरःसराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + दूती (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समासः (शिवस्य दूत्यः पुरःसराः = having Śiva’s female-messengers as leaders/forerunners)

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• परस्परम्: mutually / with each other
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Reciprocal adverb/परस्पर-अव्यय)

• संगः: association / meeting
• संगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कदाचित्: sometime / ever
• कदाचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb of time/कालवाचक-अव्यय)

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

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sāvitrī (deduced from immediate narrative context; explicitly named in 192.83)

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Śiva
• Śivadūtī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faction and hatred fracture spiritual community; even among powerful beings, discord leads to separation and instability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya storyline; the tīrtha is not named inside this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes relational consequences within the narrative.