Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

वयं मूढधियः पापाः परमज्ञानदुर्बलाः । कथमस्माभिर्यस्यात्मा श्रुतश्च न निवेदितः

Transliteration

vayaṃ mūḍhadhiyaḥ pāpāḥ paramajñānadurbalāḥ | kathamasmābhiryasyātmā śrutaśca na niveditaḥ

Translation

Мы грешны, с омрачённым разумом и слабы в высшем знании. Как же мы не возвестили истину о Нём, хотя и слышали о ней?

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• मूढधियः: of deluded intellect
• मूढधियः: Karta-dharma (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ + धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मूढा धिः येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘वयम्’

• पापाः: sinful
• पापाः: Karta-dharma (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘वयम्’

• परमज्ञानदुर्बलाः: weak in supreme knowledge
• परमज्ञानदुर्बलाः: Karta-dharma (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + ज्ञान + दुर्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परम-ज्ञाने दुर्बलाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘वयम्’

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• आत्मा: Self / soul
• आत्मा: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• श्रुतः: heard
• श्रुतः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियापद-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त; श्रु धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘heard’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• निवेदितः: communicated / revealed
• निवेदितः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियापद-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवेदित (कृदन्त; नि-विद्/वेद् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘was reported/communicated’

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas / sages (collective confession)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of penitents/seekers sit near a sacred spot, heads bowed, confessing their delusion and sin, hands folded in remorse, as if the unseen Lord has just withdrawn.

Characters & Entities

• Ātman (true nature)
• Bhagavān (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing scripture is not enough; one must internalize and honor the divine truth through right recognition and conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.