Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

उत्तराणि विरुद्धानि तव दत्तानि भूरिशः । मया विनाऽपराधेन वधोपायश्च चिंतितः

Transliteration

uttarāṇi viruddhāni tava dattāni bhūriśaḥ | mayā vinā'parādhena vadhopāyaśca ciṃtitaḥ

Translation

ข้าพระองค์ตอบพระองค์ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าอย่างขัดต่อความถูกต้อง และทั้งที่พระองค์มิได้มีความผิด ข้าพระองค์ยังคิดอุบายเพื่อปลงพระชนม์อีกด้วย

Word by Word

• उत्तराणि: answers, replies
• उत्तराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — ‘answers/replies’ (here: objects given)

• विरुद्धानि: contrary, improper
• विरुद्धानि: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — ‘contrary/hostile’ (qualifying उत्तराणि)

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

• दत्तानि: given
• दत्तानि: Kriya (Predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — ‘given’

• भूरिशः: repeatedly
• भूरिशः: Adhikarana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘many times, repeatedly’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (कर्ता/करण), एकवचन — ‘by me’

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद-निपात) — ‘without’; governs तृतीया/द्वितीया (here with तृतीया)

• अपराधेन: offence, wrongdoing
• अपराधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘with fault/offence’ (i.e., ‘without offence’)

• वधोपायः: a means to kill
• वधोपायः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध + उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—वधस्य उपायः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) — ‘means of killing’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• चिन्तितः: was contemplated
• चिन्तितः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘was thought/considered’

Speaker

Lakṣmaṇa (deduced from surrounding passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa confesses: he repeatedly gave contrary answers and even contemplated a method for Rāma’s death; the scene is tense, with Rāma listening in solemn compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mental wrongdoing (harmful intent) is spiritually weighty; purification requires honest acknowledgement and reform.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse supports the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya by emphasizing inner cleansing, though it does not name a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual appears; the focus is confession of wrongdoing as the beginning of atonement.