Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

अपवादाश्च ये केचिद्ब्रह्महत्यादिकाः स्थिताः । अन्येऽपि दुर्जनैः प्रोक्ता धर्मसन्देहकारकाः

Transliteration

apavādāśca ye kecidbrahmahatyādikāḥ sthitāḥ | anye'pi durjanaiḥ proktā dharmasandehakārakāḥ

Translation

และหากมีคำครหาใด ๆ ตั้งอยู่ เช่น ข้อกล่าวหาเรื่องพราหมณ์หัตยาเป็นต้น ตลอดจนข้อกล่าวหาอื่นที่คนพาลกล่าวขึ้น อันก่อให้เกิดความกังขาในธรรม—

Word by Word

• अपवादाः: objections/charges
• अपवादाः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपातः (conjunction)

• ये: which/that
• ये: कर्ता (Subject; relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: कर्ता (Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• ब्रह्महत्यादिकाः: such as brahmin-slaying etc.
• ब्रह्महत्यादिकाः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (ब्रह्महत्या-आदि-प्रकाराः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘अपवादाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• स्थिताः: are present/are stated
• स्थिताः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘ये…’ इत्यस्य विधेयम्

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (also/even)

• दुर्जनैः: by wicked people
• दुर्जनैः: करण (Agent/Instrument; passive agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• प्रोक्ताः: spoken/propounded
• प्रोक्ताः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘अन्ये’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• धर्मसन्देहकारकाः: causing doubt about dharma
• धर्मसन्देहकारकाः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + सन्देह + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (धर्मे सन्देहं करोति इति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely Sūta relating the tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense council where a person is burdened by accusations; shadowy figures whispering slander; elders contemplating dharma; the sacred waterbody in the background as the promised resolution.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma can be clouded by accusations and malicious speech; the text prepares to show how tīrtha-based purity resolves such doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse frames the issue; the tīrtha/kuṇḍa that dispels these doubts is described in the verses that follow in the same chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it introduces the theme of removing grave imputations through sacred means.