Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततश्चाकारयामास मणिभद्रः प्रकोपतः । तं षण्ढमुक्तवाञ्जारं त्वमेनं च विडंबय

Transliteration

tataścākārayāmāsa maṇibhadraḥ prakopataḥ | taṃ ṣaṇḍhamuktavāñjāraṃ tvamenaṃ ca viḍaṃbaya

Translation

ତେବେ କ୍ରୋଧାବେଶରେ ମଣିଭଦ୍ର ଦୂତକୁ ଆଦେଶ ଦେଲା—“ହେ ଷଣ୍ଢ! ହେ ବ୍ୟଭିଚାରୀ! ଯାଇ ଏହି ଲୋକଟିକୁ ଲଜ୍ଜିତ କର।”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• akārayāmāsa: caused (someone) to do / ordered
• akārayāmāsa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) उपसर्गः ā-; णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative): 'caused to be done/ordered'

• maṇibhadraḥ: Maṇibhadra
• maṇibhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇibhadra (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• prakopataḥ: out of anger
• prakopataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ṣaṇḍha-muktavāñjāram: the eunuch-like libertine (muktavāñjāra)
• ṣaṇḍha-muktavāñjāram: Karma (Object complement/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṇḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + muktavāñjāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासपद (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Imperative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• enam: this one / him
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• viḍaṃbaya: mock / ridicule
• viḍaṃbaya: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ḍamb (धातु) उपसर्गः vi-
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṇibhadra, furious, orders a subordinate to disgrace the offender; the scene is charged with authority, insult, and impending violence.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇibhadra
• ṣaṇḍha (eunuch)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions driven by desire and deceit invite social and karmic repercussions; anger further escalates adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of a tīrthamāhātmya chapter’s narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts an order to humiliate, marking a turn in the story.