Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

मुनि रुवाच । स्त्रियः पापसमाचारा नैताः शुध्यंति कर्हिचित् । परकांते रतिर्यासामंत्यजत्वं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

muni ruvāca | striyaḥ pāpasamācārā naitāḥ śudhyaṃti karhicit | parakāṃte ratiryāsāmaṃtyajatvaṃ prayacchati

Translation

ฤๅษีกล่าวว่า: “สตรีผู้ประพฤติบาป ย่อมไม่บริสุทธิ์ในกาลใดเลย และสตรีใดมีความกำหนัดยินดีในคนรักของผู้อื่น นางย่อมถูกนำไปสู่ภาวะแห่งผู้ถูกขับไล่ เป็นจัณฑาลในที่สุด”

Word by Word

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3), एकवचन

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• पापसमाचाराः: of sinful conduct
• पापसमाचाराः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापः समाचारः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negator/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• एताः: these (women)
• एताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• शुध्यन्ति: become purified
• शुध्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3), बहुवचन; शुद्ध्यन्ति-रूपभेद

• कर्हिचित्: ever
• कर्हिचित्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हिचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (ever)

• परकान्ते: in (relation to) another's beloved/husband
• परकान्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परस्य कान्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• रतिः: desire/sexual attachment
• रतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• यासाम्: of whom
• यासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक—‘of whom’

• अन्त्यजत्वम्: the state of being an outcaste
• अन्त्यजत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त्यज (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भाववाचक-त्वान्त

• प्रयच्छति: bestows/gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3), एकवचन

Speaker

Muni (Sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage speaks with severity, warning about immoral conduct and its consequences; listeners appear conflicted, and a maiden prepares to respond.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Immoral conduct—especially violating marital boundaries—causes spiritual and social degradation; purity is tied to right behavior.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the excerpt; the passage is embedded in a broader tīrtha-glorification section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse functions as ethical instruction about conduct and its consequences.