Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

क्रीडां ब्राह्मणवंशस्य मद्यमांससमुद्भवाम् । मद्यगन्धं समाघ्राति मांसं पश्यति संस्कृतम् । मां स्वच्छंदरतां नित्यं दुःखं याति दिनेदिने

Transliteration

krīḍāṃ brāhmaṇavaṃśasya madyamāṃsasamudbhavām | madyagandhaṃ samāghrāti māṃsaṃ paśyati saṃskṛtam | māṃ svacchaṃdaratāṃ nityaṃ duḥkhaṃ yāti dinedine

Translation

ให้นางได้เห็น 'การละเล่น' อันน่าอัปยศที่นำความเสื่อมเสียมาสู่ตระกูลพราหมณ์ อันเกิดจากสุราและเนื้อสัตว์ ให้นางได้กลิ่นเหม็นของเหล้าและเห็นเนื้อที่ปรุงเสร็จ และเมื่อเห็นข้าใช้ชีวิตอย่างอิสระตามใจตน ให้นางจมอยู่ในความโศกเศร้าทุกเมื่อเชื่อวัน

Word by Word

• क्रीडाम्: play, sport
• क्रीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• ब्राह्मणवंशस्य: of the Brahmin lineage
• ब्राह्मणवंशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्राह्मणानां वंशः)

• मद्यमांससमुद्भवाम्: arising from wine and meat
• मद्यमांससमुद्भवाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मांस (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (क्रीडाम्); तत्पुरुषः—(मद्य-मांसयोः समुद्भवा)

• मद्यगन्धम्: smell of wine
• मद्यगन्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (मद्यस्य गन्धः)

• समाघ्राति: smells, sniffs
• समाघ्राति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घ्रा (धातु) + सम्-आ-उपसर्गौ
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—घ्रा (1P) उपसर्गौ—सम्, आ; अर्थः—सम्यग् घ्राणेन गृह्णाति

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—दृश् (4P)

• संस्कृतम्: prepared, cooked, refined
• संस्कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (मांसम्)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• स्वच्छन्दरताम्: one devoted to her own whim; wanton attachment
• स्वच्छन्दरताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वच्छन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (स्वच्छन्दा च सा रता)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषणम्); काल/निरन्तरार्थक (always)

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• याति: goes to, meets with
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—या (2P)

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् पुनरुक्तिः ‘दिने दिने’ = प्रतिदिनम्

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः (day by day)

Speaker

Phalavatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: a debased revel involving wine and meat, contrasted with a figure living ‘freely’ and a rival forced to witness, sinking into daily sorrow; the scene is framed as a moral warning rather than celebration.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It reflects Purāṇic concerns about conduct that stains sacred lineage and shows how sensory exposure and envy can deepen inner misery.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it remains part of the chapter’s larger sacred-place narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes conditions intended to cause remorse and suffering, framed within a boon-request narrative.