Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
सांप्रतं वद कामस्य यथा कुष्ठोऽभवत्पुरा । येन दोषेण शापश्च केन तस्य नियोजितः
Transliteration
sāṃprataṃ vada kāmasya yathā kuṣṭho'bhavatpurā | yena doṣeṇa śāpaśca kena tasya niyojitaḥ
Translation
Agora, fala-nos de Kāma: como, outrora, ele veio a sofrer de lepra—por qual falta, e por quem lhe foi imposta essa maldição?
Word by Word
साम्प्रतम्now, at present
साम्प्रतम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाम्प्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘इदानीम्/अधुना’
वदspeak, tell
वद:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद
कामस्यof Kāma (the god of desire)
कामस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन
यथाhow, in what way
यथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/उपमान/प्रकारवाचक): ‘येन प्रकारेण/as’
कुष्ठःleprosy (disease)
कुष्ठः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन
अभवत्became, arose
अभवत्:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time): ‘पूर्वम्/formerly’
येनby which, due to which
येन:
Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दोषेणby (some) fault, due to a defect
दोषेण:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootदोष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन
शापःcurse
शापः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)
केनby whom? by what?
केन:
Karaṇa/Karta (Agent/Instrument query/कर्ता-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
नियोजितःwas imposed/appointed/assigned
नियोजितः:
Kriyā (Predicate as participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि+युज् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘नियुक्तः/appointed’
Speaker
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Characters & Entities
K
Kāma (Manmatha)K
kuṣṭha (leprosy)Ś
śāpa (curse)FAQs
Purāṇic dharma frames suffering as having moral and causal roots (doṣa/śāpa), inviting reflection, restraint, and remedial sacred practice.
The verse introduces a legend that typically culminates in the glorification of a specific kṣetra/tīrtha where affliction is relieved; the immediate site is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya stream.
None here; it is an inquiry preparing for the narrative of cause and remedy.