Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

रेरे मूर्ख दुराचार किं कर्तुं त्वं व्यवस्थितः । सर्वस्वं लोकनेत्राणामाहारं कर्तुमुद्यतः

Transliteration

rere mūrkha durācāra kiṃ kartuṃ tvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ | sarvasvaṃ lokanetrāṇāmāhāraṃ kartumudyataḥ

Translation

“ହେ ମୂର୍ଖ ଦୁରାଚାରୀ! ତୁ ଏ କ’ଣ କରିବାକୁ ଠାନିଛୁ? ଲୋକଙ୍କ ନୟନର ସର୍ବସ୍ୱକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଗ୍ରାସ କରିବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟତ ହେଲୁ କି?”

Word by Word

• re: hey!
• re: Sambodhana (Address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: re (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• re: hey!
• re: Sambodhana (Address marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: re (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (repetition for emphasis)

• mūrkha: O fool
• mūrkha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• durācāra: O evil-doer
• durācāra: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• kim: what
• kim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (कर्तुम् इत्यस्य कर्म/विषय)

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojya-kriyā (Intended action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to do’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vyavasthitaḥ: are determined
• vyavasthitaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+ava+sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘resolved/standing ready’

• sarvasvam: all wealth, everything
• sarvasvam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvasva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• loka-netrāṇām: of the eyes of the world (i.e., of the people)
• loka-netrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (loka-netra = ‘eyes of the world’)

• āhāram: food, prey
• āhāram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kartum: to make
• kartum: Prayojya-kriyā (Intended action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to make’

• udyataḥ: intent, ready
• udyataḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud+yam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘raised/ready, intent’

Speaker

Mādhava (continuing admonition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mādhava sharply rebukes the rākṣasa as a fool of wicked conduct, accusing him of preparing to devour the ‘treasure of the world’s eyes’; the maiden stands as the emblem of protected innocence.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhava
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma is exposed as both foolish and destructive; the righteous name it plainly and defend what is sacred and beautiful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the narrative belongs to the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.