Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । न त्वया दुष्कृतं किंचित्पूर्वदेहांतरे कृतम् । परं येन सुसंजातं तवेदं व्यसनं शृणु

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | na tvayā duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcitpūrvadehāṃtare kṛtam | paraṃ yena susaṃjātaṃ tavedaṃ vyasanaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

พระนารทกล่าวว่า "เจ้ามิได้ทำความชั่วใดๆ ในชาติปางก่อนเลย จงฟังเหตุผลที่แท้จริงที่ทำให้เกิดภัยพิบัตินี้แก่เจ้าเถิด"

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed, wrongdoing
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्-कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-परिमाण (something/anything)

• पूर्वदेहान्तरे: in a former body (previous life)
• पूर्वदेहान्तरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व-देह-अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; components: पूर्व + देह + अन्तर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'duṣkṛtam/kiñcit' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• परम्: but, rather
• परम्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = 'but/rather/however' (contrastive particle)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'by which'

• सुसंजातम्: well arisen, fully produced
• सुसंजातम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-सम्-जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'vyasanam' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; 'vyasanam' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• व्यसनम्: misfortune, calamity
• व्यसनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, serene and authoritative, reassures the distressed person: ‘No wrongdoing of yours; hear the true cause.’

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pippalāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not all suffering is presented as personal moral failure; dharma includes understanding deeper causes and receiving instruction from realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but this statement itself is narrative instruction and does not specify a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it introduces an explanation (nidāna) for the misfortune.