Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यथा स्यात्संक्षयस्तेषां नागानां सुदुरात्मनाम् । यैः कृतं नः पुरं कृत्स्नमुद्रसं पापकर्मभिः

Transliteration

yathā syātsaṃkṣayasteṣāṃ nāgānāṃ sudurātmanām | yaiḥ kṛtaṃ naḥ puraṃ kṛtsnamudrasaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ

Translation

ขอจงมีความพินาศแก่เหล่านาคผู้ชั่วร้ายเหล่านั้น ผู้ซึ่งการกระทำอันเลวทรามได้ทำให้เมืองทั้งเมืองของเราถูกทิ้งร้างและเสียหาย

Word by Word

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम्; ‘so that/as’

• स्यात्: may be; may occur
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• संक्षयः: destruction; annihilation
• संक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्; ‘of them’

• नागानाम्: of the nāgas
• नागानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘of the nāgas/serpents’

• सुदुरात्मनाम्: very wicked-souled
• सुदुरात्मनाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (नागानाम्)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धवाचक-यत्-शब्दः (relative pronoun)

• कृतम्: made; rendered
• कृतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययः), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘made/done’ (predicate)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (enclitic); ‘our/of us’

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Accusative)

• कृत्स्नम्: entire; whole
• कृत्स्नम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पुरम्)

• उद्रसम्: afflicted with disease (udrasa)
• उद्रसम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पुरम्); अर्थः ‘उद्रसयुक्तम्/उद्रसवत्’ (diseased/afflicted)

• पापकर्मभिः: by sinful deeds
• पापकर्मभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारय-समासः (पापं कर्म)

Speaker

Trijāta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lamenting yet resolute petitioner describes a once-inhabited city now silent and empty, ruined by the wicked Nāgas; the request is for their destruction to restore life.

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma that devastates a community invites divine correction; protection of society is a dharmic aim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of “our city” within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; no named tīrtha appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a boon-request for removing destructive forces.