Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतिरुवाच । ये त्वया मदमत्तेन वालखिल्या महर्षयः । उल्लंघिताः स्थिता मार्गे गोष्पदं तर्त्तुमिच्छवः

Transliteration

bṛhaspatiruvāca | ye tvayā madamattena vālakhilyā maharṣayaḥ | ullaṃghitāḥ sthitā mārge goṣpadaṃ tarttumicchavaḥ

Translation

ဗြဟ္စပတိက ပြောသည်– «မင်းက မာနမူးနေစဉ်၊ လမ်းပေါ်မှာ ရပ်နေကြပြီး နွားခြေရာရေကန်လေးတစ်ခုကိုတောင် ဖြတ်ကူးချင်ကြတဲ့ ဝါလခိလျာ မဟာရိရှီတို့ကို မင်းက ခုန်ကျော်ကာ အပြစ်ပြုစော်ကားခဲ့သည်…»

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मद-मत्तेन: by one intoxicated with pride
• मद-मत्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) + मत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• वालखिल्याः: the Vālakhilyas
• वालखिल्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• उल्लंघिताः: were overstepped/insulted
• उल्लंघिताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + लङ्घ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• स्थिताः: standing
• स्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (Past Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अवस्थान-भाव (state)

• मार्गे: on the path
• मार्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गोष्पदम्: a cow’s footprint (small measure)
• गोष्पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तर्तुम्: to cross
• तर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थ (purpose)

• इच्छवः: desiring
• इच्छवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इच्छु (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/इच्छ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (desiderative qualifier)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Śakra, Śacīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrow forest-path: tiny, radiant Vālakhilya sages stand or sit in tapas; Indra, majestic yet arrogant, strides/leaps over them; the sages’ stillness contrasts with Indra’s motion, foreshadowing karmic reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Indra
• Vālakhilya Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride toward sages is a grave aparādha; disrespecting the spiritually great invites karmic reversal even for the most powerful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it explains the moral cause behind the ominous signs within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied prescription is ethical—honor ṛṣis and avoid arrogance, which is foundational to all tīrtha rites and Purāṇic dharma.