Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अधुना संप्रवक्ष्यामि यथा तव पराभवः । शत्रुभ्यः संप्रजातोऽत्र द्विजानामपमानतः

Transliteration

adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi yathā tava parābhavaḥ | śatrubhyaḥ saṃprajāto'tra dvijānāmapamānataḥ

Translation

ယခု ငါသည် သင်၏ ရန်သူတို့လက်၌ ရှုံးနိမ့်ခြင်း မည်သို့ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသည်ကို ပြောမည်။ ဤအရာသည် ဒွိဇ (ဗြာဟ္မဏ) များကို အရှက်ခွဲအပမာပြုခြင်းကြောင့် ဖြစ်လာ၏။

Word by Word

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): अधुना (now)

• saṃpravakṣyāmi: I will explain
• saṃpravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र

• yathā: how
• yathā: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/adverb): यथा (how/as)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• parābhavaḥ: defeat/downfall
• parābhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parābhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (topic)

• śatrubhyaḥ: from (your) enemies
• śatrubhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; अपादान (ablative: from/by enemies)

• saṃprajātaḥ: arose/was produced
• saṃprajātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘arisen/produced’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): अत्र (here)

• dvijānām: of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• apamānataḥ: due to insult
• apamānataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: apamāna (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): अपमानतः (because of/from insult)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada points to the moral cause of the king’s military/political defeat: the king’s earlier act of humiliating brāhmaṇas; a symbolic backdrop shows a battlefield fading behind the hermitage scene.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)
• Enemies (Śatru)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A king’s power is upheld by dharma; disrespect toward the righteous (especially Brāhmaṇas) is portrayed as a direct cause of political ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative flow, though it highlights dharma rather than geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it identifies dvija-apamāna (insulting Brāhmaṇas) as the key transgression to be remedied.