Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । कीर्तयिष्ये नरव्याघ्र कारणानि बहूनि च । चमत्कारस्य पत्न्याश्च दानेन पतिता यतः

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | kīrtayiṣye naravyāghra kāraṇāni bahūni ca | camatkārasya patnyāśca dānena patitā yataḥ

Translation

Вишвамитра сказал: «О тигр среди людей, я поведаю многие причины. Ибо жена Чаматкары пала с пути должного из‑за дара, из‑за самого деяния подаяния».

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कीर्तयिष्ये: I will recount
• कीर्तयिष्ये: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; नामधातु from कीर्ति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• नरव्याघ्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: नरः (श्रेष्ठः) व्याघ्र इव (tiger among men)

• कारणानि: reasons/causes
• कारणानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• चमत्कारस्य: of Camatkāra
• चमत्कारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पत्न्याः: of (his) wife
• पत्न्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• दानेन: by (a) gift/through giving
• दानेन: Karana (Instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• पतिता: fell/was degraded
• पतिता: Karya-prakara (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (प्रातिपदिक); पतित < पत् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्तान्त विशेषण (fallen)

• यतः: because/since
• यतः: Sambandha (cause marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेत्वर्थक अव्यय (causal: because/since)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra begins a story: he raises a hand in teaching gesture; the king listens. In a secondary vignette, Camatkāra’s wife is shown at the moment of a problematic gift—hands extended with a donation, shadow of moral consequence implied.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Camatkāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic ritual rules are often grounded in exemplary narratives showing how actions like dāna can alter status and propriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya discourse; it introduces a backstory rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it signals an etiological explanation for existing ritual boundaries.