Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

यदि मां त्वं दुराचार धर्षयिष्यसि वीर्यतः । शतधा तव मूर्धाऽयं सद्य एव भविष्यति

Transliteration

yadi māṃ tvaṃ durācāra dharṣayiṣyasi vīryataḥ | śatadhā tava mūrdhā'yaṃ sadya eva bhaviṣyati

Translation

ดูก่อนคนชั่ว หากเจ้าพยายามข่มเหงข้าด้วยกำลัง ศีรษะของเจ้านี้จะแตกออกเป็นร้อยเสี่ยงในทันที

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-समुच्चय (conditional particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative singular)

• दुराचार: O evil-doer
• दुराचार: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durācāra (प्रातिपदिक: dur- + ācāra)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रयोग; पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative singular)

• धर्षयिष्यसि: you will violate/assault
• धर्षयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); मध्यम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वीर्यतः: by force, with strength
• वीर्यतः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘-तः’ = “by/through, from (power)”

• शतधा: into a hundred parts
• शतधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: धा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (distributive adverb)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive singular)

• मूर्धा: head
• मूर्धा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages; (within episode) Takṣaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa maiden confronts the nāga Takṣaka, raising a hand in warning; the threat of the head splitting into a hundred fragments is visualized as a divine, instantaneous force surrounding the offender.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• Takṣaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma met with force invites immediate ruin; dharma protects the vulnerable through the power of truth and righteous resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this line; it is part of the episode embedded in the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.