Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एषोऽन्यः पंचमो नाम सुप्रसिद्धो विदारकः । मित्रद्रोहरताश्चात्र च्छिद्यंते करपत्रकैः

Transliteration

eṣo'nyaḥ paṃcamo nāma suprasiddho vidārakaḥ | mitradroharatāścātra cchidyaṃte karapatrakaiḥ

Translation

ဤအခြားနရကသည် ပဉ္စမမြောက်ဖြစ်၍ «ဝိဒါရက» (ခွဲဖြတ်ဖျက်ဆီးသူ) ဟု နာမည်ကြီးသည်။ မိတ်ဆွေကို သစ္စာဖောက်ရာ၌ စွဲလမ်းသူတို့ကို ဤနေရာ၌ “လက်ရွက်” ဓားသွားများဖြင့် ခွဲဖြတ်ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'एषः')

• पञ्चमः: fifth
• पञ्चमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle: 'by name/indeed')

• सुप्रसिद्धः: well-known
• सुप्रसिद्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• विदारकः: the splitter/tearer (name of a hell)
• विदारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदारक (प्रातिपदिक; √दॄ/दर् 'to split' से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मित्र-द्रोह-रताः: those devoted to betraying friends
• मित्र-द्रोह-रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (√रम् धातु + क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'मित्रद्रोहे रताः' इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषभावः; विशेष्यः (implicit 'जनाः')

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

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

• च्छिद्यन्ते: are cut
• च्छिद्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• करपत्रकैः: with hand-like blades (razor-leaves)
• करपत्रकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; 'करस्य पत्रकं' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; करणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A labeled naraka realm ‘Vidāraka’: traitors to friends are sliced by razor-like palm/leaf blades (karapatra imagery), with torn banners symbolizing broken alliances.

Characters & Entities

• Vidāraka
• Karapatra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loyalty and trust are dharmic duties; betrayal of friendship is treated as a serious moral failure with heavy karmic consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is identified in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s broader moral-cosmological exposition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the teaching is ethical—avoid mitradroha and uphold dharmic relationships.