Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अहं यस्मात्त्वया पाप देवानां संनिवेदितः । तस्माच्छुक न ते वाणी विस्पष्टा संभविष्यति

Transliteration

ahaṃ yasmāttvayā pāpa devānāṃ saṃniveditaḥ | tasmācchuka na te vāṇī vispaṣṭā saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

“பாவியே! நீ என்னை தேவர்களிடம் அறிவித்ததால், ஓ சுகனே! இனி உன் வாக்கு தெளிவாகவும் உரைத்திடத் தக்கதாகவும் ஆகாது.”

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन (ablative) सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थे ‘because/since’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पाप: O sinner
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; निन्दासूचक सम्बोधन

• देवानाम्: of the gods / to the gods
• देवानाम्: Sampradana (Recipient-genitive/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• संनिवेदितः: was reported
• संनिवेदितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + नि + विद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘reported/informed’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• शुक: O parrot
• शुक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाणी: speech, voice
• वाणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विस्पष्टा: clear, distinct
• विस्पष्टा: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्पष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with वाणी)

• संभविष्यति: will become
• संभविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agni (Pāvaka / Jātavedas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agni-nivāsa at Śamī-garbha-Aśvattha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śuka (parrot)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, newly emerged, points toward the parrot and pronounces a curse: because Śuka informed the gods, his speech will lose clarity and articulation; the parrot appears stricken.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Śuka
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech (vāk) is a sacred power; misuse of disclosure, accusation, or agitation can invite karmic consequences affecting one’s own voice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 90) narrative setting; the tīrtha is contextualized by Agni’s presence in the sacred tree-locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a curse (śāpa) statement that advances the tīrtha narrative.