Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

नितरां पतिमासाद्य कर्मणानेन चाधमे । तस्मादनेन पापेन युक्तां त्वां नाशयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

nitarāṃ patimāsādya karmaṇānena cādhame | tasmādanena pāpena yuktāṃ tvāṃ nāśayāmyaham

Translation

เมื่อได้สามีมาด้วยการกระทำที่ต่ำช้านี้ ดังนั้น—ในเมื่อเจ้าผูกพันกับบาปนี้—ข้าจะทำลายเจ้าเสีย

Word by Word

• नितराम्: exceedingly
• नितराम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नितराम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अत्यर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (very much/exceedingly)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• आसाद्य: having approached/attained
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘आसाद्य’ = having approached/obtained

• कर्मणा: by the act/deed
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular); ‘कर्मणा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• अधमे: O wretch, O vile one
• अधमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Vocative singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत्; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मादर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular); ‘पापेन’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पापेन: by sin
• पापेन: Karana (Cause/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular)

• युक्ताम्: joined/tainted, associated (with it)
• युक्ताम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/Past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Acc. sg.); ‘त्वाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• नाशयामि: I destroy
• नाशयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नाशय् (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्; उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (1st person singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

Speaker

A wrathful ascetic/muni (contextual, addressing the offender and/or the fallen woman)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker stands over the fallen/helpless woman, declaring intent to destroy; the bundle of sticks becomes a symbol of imminent punishment; tension peaks before supernatural escape in the next verse.

Characters & Entities

• pati (husband)
• pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sinful acts bind the doer to their consequence; dharma literature frames punishment as the ripening of pāpa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a larger māhātmya narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse states intent to punish rather than prescribe a rite.