Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यच्छ्राद्धं सूकरः पश्येन्नारी वाथ रजस्वला । कौलेयकोऽथ वालेयस्तत्सर्वं ते भविष्यति

Transliteration

yacchrāddhaṃ sūkaraḥ paśyennārī vātha rajasvalā | kauleyako'tha vāleyastatsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati

Translation

Если какое-либо шраддха (śrāddha) будет увидено кабаном, или женщиной во время месячных, или собакой (низкой породы либо бродячей), то весь этот изъян падёт на твоё шраддха.

Word by Word

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सूकरः: a boar
• सूकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle: or)

• अथ: then/also
• अथ: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/प्रसङ्ग (particle: then/also)

• रजस्वला: menstruating
• रजस्वला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस्वला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कौलेयकः: a dog (of the Kola breed/‘kauleyaka’)
• कौलेयकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौलेयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अथ: or else/then
• अथ: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/प्रसङ्ग (particle)

• वालेयः: a ‘vāleya’ (another kind of dog/jackal)
• वालेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become/will accrue
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā (continuation from prior verse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rākṣasa (implied continuing interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha scene where the performer guards the ritual space: darbha-lined area, offerings set; at the periphery a dog/boar approaches and is gently turned away; the atmosphere is tense but controlled, emphasizing ritual boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Sūkara
• Rajasvalā
• Kauleyaka
• Vāleya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha should be protected from impurity and disturbance; attentiveness to ritual setting safeguards the rite’s sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha here; the verse is procedural guidance within a tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid allowing śrāddha to be observed/disturbed by inauspicious beings or conditions associated with ritual impurity.