Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

समादाय निजे हर्म्य एतां संस्थापयिष्यति । परं लज्जासमोपेतो न ब्रवीति वचः शुभे

Transliteration

samādāya nije harmya etāṃ saṃsthāpayiṣyati | paraṃ lajjāsamopeto na bravīti vacaḥ śubhe

Translation

เขาจะพานางไปและตั้งไว้ในพระราชวังของตนเอง; แต่ด้วยความละอายปกคลุม โอ้ผู้ผุดผ่อง เขาจะไม่ตรัสถ้อยคำอันเป็นมงคลแม้สักคำ

Word by Word

• समादाय: having taken/collected
• समादाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action adjunct)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• निजे: in his own
• निजे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• हर्म्ये: in the mansion/palace
• हर्म्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• एताम्: this (woman)
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संस्थापयिष्यति: he will place/establish
• संस्थापयिष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) (णिच् causative: स्थापय)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• परम्: but/indeed
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (particle/adverb: ‘but/indeed’)

• लज्जासमोपेतः: endowed with shame
• लज्जासमोपेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जा + समुपेत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (upeta = endowed); तत्पुरुषः (lajjayā samupetaḥ = accompanied by shame)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• ब्रवीति: he says/speaks
• ब्रवीति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वचः: word/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (or a divine figure) leads a woman into his palace and ‘installs’ her; he stands with lowered gaze, ashamed and silent; Pārvatī watches, poised yet hurt.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pārvatī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts the inner friction between action and conscience, using shame (lajjā) as a moral signal within the narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative prediction rather than a ritual instruction.