Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तस्याः साधुवादो महानभूत् । धिक्छब्दश्च तथा पत्युः सर्वैर्दत्तः सुगर्हितः

Transliteration

etasminnantare tasyāḥ sādhuvādo mahānabhūt | dhikchabdaśca tathā patyuḥ sarvairdattaḥ sugarhitaḥ

Translation

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तस्याः साधुवादो महानभूत्; पत्युः सर्वैः सुगर्हितस्य धिक्छब्दश्च प्रदत्तः।

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• antare: in the interval / meanwhile
• antare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sādhuvādaḥ: praise, acclaim
• sādhuvādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu-vāda (प्रातिपदिक: sādhu + vāda)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (Tatpurusha): sādhu- ‘good’ + vāda ‘speech/praise’; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• abhūt: arose, occurred
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• dhikśabdaḥ: the cry ‘shame!’
• dhikśabdaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhik-śabda (प्रातिपदिक: dhik + śabda)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (Tatpurusha): dhik (interjection of censure) + śabda ‘utterance’; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• patyuḥ: of the husband
• patyuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarvaiḥ: by all (people)
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Agent group/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) (सामान्य-प्रयोग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dattaḥ: given, uttered
• dattaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + datta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sugarhitaḥ: highly censured
• sugarhitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-garhita (प्रातिपदिक: su + garhita)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (Karmadharaya): su- (intensifier) + garhita ‘censured’; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crowd erupts: some raise hands in approval toward the vindicated woman; others point accusingly at the husband, faces stern; the atmosphere is charged with moral judgment.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma upholds the innocent: society is shown praising righteousness and openly censuring unjust conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya flow in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but no specific tīrtha-name appears in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.