Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सोऽपि निष्कामतां प्राप्य निर्भर्त्स्य च मुहुर्मुहुः । भाषिकाभिरनेकाभिस्तापयित्वा च भामिनीम्

Transliteration

so'pi niṣkāmatāṃ prāpya nirbhartsya ca muhurmuhuḥ | bhāṣikābhiranekābhistāpayitvā ca bhāminīm

Translation

ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ନିଷ୍କାମତା ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୋଇ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ତାକୁ ତିରସ୍କାର କଲା; ଅନେକ କଠୋର ବାକ୍ୟରେ ସେଇ କାମିନୀକୁ କ୍ଲେଶିତ କଲା।

Word by Word

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

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ

• निष्कामताम्: desirelessness
• निष्कामताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कामता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-संज्ञा

• प्राप्य: having attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having obtained/attained’

• निर्भर्त्स्य: having rebuked
• निर्भर्त्स्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-भर्त्स् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive/gerund) प्रयोगः; ‘having rebuked’ (कृदन्त-अव्यय)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) द्वारा आवृत्तिबोध

• भाषिकाभिः: with words/speeches
• भाषिकाभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• अनेकाभिः: many, various
• अनेकाभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying भाषिकाभिः)

• तापयित्वा: having tormented
• तापयित्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु) [णिच् causative: तापय-]
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग, क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having tormented/made suffer’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भामिनीम्: the woman (beloved/angry woman)
• भामिनीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Interior of a wealthy house: an angry man verbally abusing a sorrowful woman; tense, dim lamplight; attendants in the background fearful and silent.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāminī (the woman/wife; descriptive epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cruel speech and repeated rebuke are forms of harm; dharma in household life demands restraint, respect, and compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the ethical narrative embedded within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates wrongdoing (verbal cruelty) to illustrate moral decline and its consequences.