Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

करिष्यति न संदेहो भस्मराशिं ममाग्रतः । अनेन वीक्षितौ पादौ जातमात्रेण सूर्यकौ

Transliteration

kariṣyati na saṃdeho bhasmarāśiṃ mamāgrataḥ | anena vīkṣitau pādau jātamātreṇa sūryakau

Translation

เขาย่อมทำแน่แท้—ไร้ข้อสงสัย—ให้ข้ากลายเป็นกองเถ้าต่อหน้าต่อตาเจ้า ด้วยสายตาของเขา แม้เท้าทั้งสองก็พลันร้อนเรืองดุจพระอาทิตย์ตั้งแต่แรกเกิด

Word by Word

• करिष्यति: will do; will make
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भस्मराशिम्: a heap of ashes
• भस्मराशिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्म (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भस्मस्य राशि:), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अग्रतः: in front (of me)
• अग्रतः: Deśa-Adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in front)

• अनेन: by this (one)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• वीक्षितौ: looked at
• वीक्षितौ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वीक्ष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• पादौ: two feet
• पादौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• जातमात्रेण: immediately upon being born
• जातमात्रेण: Kāla/Avadhi (Temporal circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; जन् धातोः क्त) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषसमास (जातं मात्रम् = just-born), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे

• सूर्यकौ: (the two) Sūryakas (name/epithet)
• सूर्यकौ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to पादौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from surrounding dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure foresees being reduced to ashes before a child; the graha’s glance is visualized as scorching radiance; an uncanny detail: the offender’s feet shining like the sun from birth due to the glance.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power (tejas) is overwhelming; humility and proper reverence prevent ruin born of arrogance or ignorance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha context is implied by the Tīrthamāhātmya section, but the site name is not contained in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the narrative is building toward appeasement through stuti (hymn of praise).