Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यावत्तस्य न दुष्टस्य मम पुत्रांतकारिणः । सदारपुत्रभृत्यस्य विहितो न परिक्षयः

Transliteration

yāvattasya na duṣṭasya mama putrāṃtakāriṇaḥ | sadāraputrabhṛtyasya vihito na parikṣayaḥ

Translation

“ตราบใดที่ยังมิได้กำหนดความพินาศแก่คนชั่วผู้นั้น—ผู้พรากชีวิตบุตรของเรา—พร้อมด้วยภรรยา บุตร และบริวาร เราจะไม่กระทำการถวายนี้”

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Kala/Avadhi (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-सम्बन्धबोधक (correlative: as long as/until)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• दुष्टस्य: of the wicked one
• दुष्टस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying putrāṃtakāriṇaḥ / sadāraputrabhṛtyasya)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (pronoun)

• पुत्रान्तकारिणः: of the killer of (my) son
• पुत्रान्तकारिणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रान्तकारिन् (प्रातिपदिक) [पुत्र+अन्त+कारिन्]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य अन्तं करोति)

• सदारपुत्रभृत्यस्य: of him who has wife, sons, and servants
• सदारपुत्रभृत्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदारपुत्रभृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) [स+दार+पुत्र+भृत्य]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular; समाहार/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (दारैः पुत्रैः भृत्यैः सह/युक्तः)

• विहितः: appointed/ordained
• विहितः: Kriya (Predicative state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicative)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• परिक्षयः: destruction/ruin
• परिक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

A bereaved father (contextual narrative figure; name not stated in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A charged oath: the speaker invokes total ruin for the killer’s household; nāga retinue listens, the atmosphere heavy, with ritual water-offering suspended mid-act.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse highlights the Purāṇic theme that grave wrongdoing (especially killing) invites ruin, and that unresolved injustice can obstruct social-ritual reconciliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No positive prescription is given; rather, a ritual act (offering water) is withheld until the wrongdoer’s punishment is realized.