Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अथात्मानं समालोक्य विकृतं स नराधिपः । चण्डालधर्मिणं सद्यो लज्जयाऽधोमुखः स्थितः

Transliteration

athātmānaṃ samālokya vikṛtaṃ sa narādhipaḥ | caṇḍāladharmiṇaṃ sadyo lajjayā'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် မိမိကိုယ်ကို အသွင်ပြောင်းသွားသည်ကို မြင်လိုက်ရသောအခါ စန္ဒာလကဲ့သို့ နေထိုင်ရသော ဘုရင်သည် ရှက်ရွံ့စွာဖြင့် မျက်နှာအောက်ချလျက် ရပ်နေလေ၏။

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• समालोक्य: having looked at
• समालोक्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• विकृतम्: deformed, altered
• विकृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• नराधिपः: the king
• नराधिपः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord of men), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• चण्डालधर्मिणम्: having the ways of an outcaste
• चण्डालधर्मिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of आत्मानम्/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्डाल + धर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (having the conduct/dharma of a caṇḍāla), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: immediately)

• लज्जया: out of shame, by shame
• लज्जया: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• अधोमुखः: down-faced, with face lowered
• अधोमुखः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधस् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (face downward), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• स्थितः: stood, remained
• स्थितः: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The transformed king looks down, shoulders slumped, hands drawn inward; the world around him feels distant, emphasizing isolation and the birth of repentance.

Characters & Entities

• narādhipa (king)
• caṇḍāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognition of one’s fall is the first step toward repentance; dharma includes accountability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.