Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

अथ व्यवस्थामुत्क्रम्य या हि तद्धारयिष्यति । सा दण्ड्यास्माच्च निर्वास्या प्रेत्य स्यात्पापभागिनी

Transliteration

atha vyavasthāmutkramya yā hi taddhārayiṣyati | sā daṇḍyāsmācca nirvāsyā pretya syātpāpabhāginī

Translation

“และหากสตรีใดฝ่าฝืนข้อกำหนดนี้แล้วเก็บสิ่งเหล่านั้นไว้ นางจักต้องถูกลงโทษและถูกขับออกจากพวกเรา; ครั้นสิ้นชีวิตแล้วจักเป็นผู้มีส่วนแห่งบาป”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक

• व्यवस्थाम्: the regulation
• व्यवस्थाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyavasthā (व्यवस्था प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• उत्क्रम्य: having transgressed
• उत्क्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√kram (उत्+क्रम् धातु) → उत्क्रम्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वक्रिया (having transgressed)

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (she who)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeed/for)

• तत्: that (prohibited thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (that)

• धारयिष्यति: will keep/maintain
• धारयिष्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• दण्ड्या: is to be punished
• दण्ड्या: Vidhi/Prayojya-bhava (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daṇḍya (दण्ड्य प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: यत्/ण्यत्-भावार्थक (gerundive: ‘to be punished’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• अस्मात्: from this (place/community)
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन (from this)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• निर्वास्या: to be expelled/banished
• निर्वास्या: Vidhi/Prayojya-bhava (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-√vas (निर्वस्/निर्+वस् धातु) → निर्वास्य (यत्)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be banished’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• प्रेत्य: after death
• प्रेत्य: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√i (प्र+इ धातु) → प्रेत्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; कालवाचक (after dying/having departed)

• स्यात्: would be/becomes
• स्यात्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापभागिनी: a sharer of sin
• पापभागिनी: Karta-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa + bhāginī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘पापस्य भागिनी’ (sharer of sin)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the civic enforcement clause)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Town officials and elders pronounce judgment; a transgressor is shown being escorted beyond the city boundary marker, while a scribe records the ordinance; the sacred precinct remains calm behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Vyavasthā (regulation)
• Daṇḍa (punishment)
• Nirvāsa (banishment)
• Pāpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through accountability; violating protective norms brings both worldly penalties and spiritual demerit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The enforcement rule is narrated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it specifies sanctions—daṇḍa (punishment) and nirvāsa (banishment)—for violating the community regulation.