Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
किमर्थं रुद्यते पुत्रि केन ते विप्रियं कृतम् । करोमि निग्रहं येन तस्याद्यैव दुरात्मनः
Transliteration
kimarthaṃ rudyate putri kena te vipriyaṃ kṛtam | karomi nigrahaṃ yena tasyādyaiva durātmanaḥ
Translation
“Wahai anak perempuanku, mengapa engkau menangis? Siapakah yang telah menyakiti hatimu? Katakanlah, agar pada hari ini juga aku menghukum si durjana itu.”
Word by Word
किम्-अर्थम्why
किम्-अर्थम्:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक अव्ययीभाव (interrogative adverb: ‘for what reason’)
रुद्यतेis (she) crying
रुद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√रुद् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular)
पुत्रिO daughter
पुत्रि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)
केनby whom
केन:
Karaṇa/Hetu (By whom/through what)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Interrogative pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूप (enclitic); here षष्ठी (Genitive, Singular)
विप्रियम्something unpleasant/offensive
विप्रियम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
कृतम्done
कृतम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + क्त
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र विधेय (past passive participle: ‘done’)
करोमिI will do / I do
करोमि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, 1st person, Singular)
निग्रहम्punishment, restraint
निग्रहम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
येनby which / so that
येन:
Hetu (Reason/Means/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Relative pronoun, Instrumental, Singular)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
एवindeed, surely
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
दुरात्मनःof that wicked person
दुरात्मनः:
Sambandha (Genitive apposition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)
Speaker
Mṛgāvatī (mother)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Mṛgāvatī stands before her crying daughter, one hand raised in questioning, the other in a protective gesture; her face shows fierce concern, ready to confront the offender.
Characters & Entities
M
MṛgāvatīD
daughterFAQs
Righteous authority should protect the vulnerable; dharma includes active safeguarding against harm.
Not indicated in this verse.
None; it is a moral and relational exchange within the story.