Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तस्मादेनां महा दुष्टां भगिनीं तस्य दुर्मतेः । येन मे निहतः पुत्रो द्विजपुत्रेण सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

tasmādenāṃ mahā duṣṭāṃ bhaginīṃ tasya durmateḥ | yena me nihataḥ putro dvijaputreṇa sāṃpratam

Translation

ดังนั้น จงจับกุมหญิงผู้ชั่วร้ายยิ่งผู้นี้ นางเป็นน้องสาวของคนชั่วช้านั้น ผู้ซึ่งเป็นเหตุให้บุตรชายของข้าถูกบุตรพราหมณ์สังหารเมื่อครู่นี้

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः) = ‘therefore/from that’ (ablatival adverbial usage)

• enām: her
• enām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• mahā: great, very
• mahā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (enām/…-tām इत्यस्य)

• duṣṭām: wicked
• duṣṭām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √duṣ/दुष्-भावे, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhaginīm: sister
• bhaginīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• durmateḥ: of the evil-minded (man)
• durmateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durmati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of the evil-minded (one)’

• yena: by whom/through whom
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी (of me)

• nihataḥ: killed
• nihataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √han (हन्) + ni- (उपसर्ग) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘slain’ (putraḥ इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• dvija-putreṇa: by a brahmin’s son
• dvija-putreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘dvijasya putraḥ’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• sāṃpratam: just now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण)

Speaker

Revatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bereaved figure, eyes red with rage, points accusingly at an ascetic woman, ordering attendants to seize her; the atmosphere is tense, with nāgas hinted in the background as coiled shadows near a sacred grove or water-edge.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Wicked woman (sister of an evil-minded person)
• Dvijaputra (brahmin’s son)
• Nāgas (implied audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions ripple through relationships; complicity and association with adharma draw scrutiny, and violence triggers cycles of retaliation unless checked by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this shloka; it is part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.