Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

किं दोषं वीक्ष्य मे शक्र प्रोक्षितं चासनं त्वया । परद्वा रकृतं दोषं किं मयैतत्कृतं क्वचित्

Transliteration

kiṃ doṣaṃ vīkṣya me śakra prokṣitaṃ cāsanaṃ tvayā | paradvā rakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ kiṃ mayaitatkṛtaṃ kvacit

Translation

โอ้ศักระ! ท่านเห็นโทษอันใดในตัวข้าจึงให้ประพรมชำระอาสนะของข้า? มลทินนี้เกิดเพราะผู้อื่นที่ธรณีประตูหรือไร หรือว่าข้าเคยกระทำความผิดใด ณ ที่นี้เลยหรือ?

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• दोषम्: fault
• दोषम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• वीक्ष्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/for me/of me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic)

• शक्र: O Śakra
• शक्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रोक्षितम्: sprinkled
• प्रोक्षितम्: Karma (कर्म/that which is sprinkled)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+उक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'आसनम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पर-द्वा-रकृतम्: done at another’s door (i.e., by someone else)
• पर-द्वा-रकृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पाठभेद-सूचक: 'परद्वारकृतम्' (= परद्वारे कृतम्)

• दोषम्: fault
• दोषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (कर्ता/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतत्-कृतम्: done by this (i.e., by me/this act)
• एतत्-कृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातोः क्त) + एतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'दोषम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• क्वचित्: ever; at any time
• क्वचित्: Kāla/Deśa (काल/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (ever/anywhere/at any time)

Speaker

The maiden (kumārikā) addressing Śakra (Indra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Śakra/Purandara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden challenges Indra: ‘What fault did you see in me that you sprinkled my seat?’ She gestures toward the seat and the doorway, demanding an explanation.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes accountability: one may question ritual actions and demand clarity about alleged ‘fault’ or impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the exchange occurs in relation to Indra’s assembly and ritual practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prokṣaṇa/abhyukṣaṇa—sprinkling as a purification act—applied to the seat.