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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तथास्य पत्न्यास्तत्पापं जानंत्या यत्तयोदितम् । मत्पित्रा ब्राह्मणैर्दत्तोऽयं पुरा वह्निसंनिधौ

Transliteration

tathāsya patnyāstatpāpaṃ jānaṃtyā yattayoditam | matpitrā brāhmaṇairdatto'yaṃ purā vahnisaṃnidhau

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล บาปนั้นย่อมแตะต้องภรรยาของเขาด้วย เพราะนางรู้ถ้อยคำที่พวกเขากล่าวไว้ “พิธี/วัตรนี้ ครั้งก่อนบิดาของข้าพเจ้าได้มอบไว้ร่วมกับพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ณ เบื้องหน้าพระอัคนีอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์”

Word by Word
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अस्यof him
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
पत्न्याःof (his) wife
पत्न्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्-पापम्that sin
तत्-पापम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् एव पापम्)
जानन्त्याby (her) knowing, while knowing
जानन्त्या:
Kartr̥-sahakari (Agent's attendant circumstance/कर्तृसहकारी)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; (जानन्ती)
यत्what, that which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
तयाby her
तया:
Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
उदितम्said, uttered
उदितम्:
Kriya (Predicate in passive sense/कर्मणि-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + इ (धातु) / वद् (धातु) (पाठभेदसम्भवः)
Formकृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)
मत्-पित्राby my father
मत्-पित्रा:
Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम पिता)
ब्राह्मणैःby/with Brahmins
ब्राह्मणैः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
दत्तःwas given
दत्तः:
Kriya (Predicate in passive sense/कर्मणि-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
वह्नि-संनिधौin the presence of fire
वह्नि-संनिधौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वह्नेः संनिधिः)
Speaker

Narrative voice (Attribution uncertain in isolation; first-person 'matpitrā' indicates a character recounting a prior bestowal of a rite before the fire)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A domestic/ritual scene: sacred fire burning; brāhmaṇas present; a father (or elder) confers a rite/observance; the wife stands nearby, aware—highlighting how knowledge binds one to the moral outcome.

Characters & Entities
W
Wife (patnī)
B
Brāhmaṇas
S
Sacred fire (vahni)

FAQs

Knowing participation and consent can bind one to the moral consequences; purification is framed through rites transmitted in proper ritual setting.

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

A rite/observance is referenced as having been ‘given’ in the presence of the sacred fire, indicating formal ritual authorization.

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