Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सपुरस्य सराष्ट्रस्य सकुटुंबस्य दुर्मतेः । येन त्वं निहतोऽद्यापि पंचम्यां पूजितो न च

Transliteration

sapurasya sarāṣṭrasya sakuṭuṃbasya durmateḥ | yena tvaṃ nihato'dyāpi paṃcamyāṃ pūjito na ca

Translation

Да не будет почтён тот злонамеренный — вместе со своим городом, царством и всем родом, — кто убил тебя, даже в день Панчами (день поклонения).

Word by Word

• sa-purasya: along with (his) city
• sa-purasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह/सहितार्थ: 'pura-sahita'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied agent 'durmateḥ')

• sa-rāṣṭrasya: along with (his) kingdom
• sa-rāṣṭrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह/सहितार्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sa-kuṭuṃbasya: along with (his) family
• sa-kuṭuṃbasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṭuṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह/सहितार्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• durmateḥ: of the evil-minded person
• durmateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durmati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (दुर् + मति), पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रायः पुं), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'of the evil-minded (one)'

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) → yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम 'यद्', तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (पुं/नपुं)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nihataḥ: killed
• nihataḥ: Kriya (Predicative state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni + √han (हन्) → nihata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• adya: today, now
• adya: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = 'even/also')

• paṃcamyām: on the fifth lunar day
• paṃcamyām: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — 'on the fifth (tithi/day)'

• pūjitaḥ: worshipped, honored
• pūjitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्) → pūjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (of 'tvam')

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

Speaker

Nāgī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mother’s lament turns into a curse-like denunciation: she imagines the killer’s entire city and lineage falling into dishonor, especially being denied Pañcamī worship honors.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgī
• Pañcamī (tithi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames violence as adharma that destroys social and spiritual merit, contrasting sacred observance (like Pañcamī worship) with moral ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicit in this verse; the tīrtha context is broader, with the storyline moving toward Ananta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A calendrical ritual marker appears: Pañcamī as a day associated with pūjā (worship), though no detailed procedure is given here.