Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

परं मूर्तिर्न ते पूज्या कुत्रापि च भविष्यति । त्वया मे दूषिता भार्या ब्राह्मणी प्राणसंमता

Transliteration

paraṃ mūrtirna te pūjyā kutrāpi ca bhaviṣyati | tvayā me dūṣitā bhāryā brāhmaṇī prāṇasaṃmatā

Translation

จะไม่มีรูปเคารพอื่นใดของท่านได้รับการบูชาที่ไหนเลย; เพราะท่านได้ทำให้ภรรยาของข้าแปดเปื้อน—นางพราหมณีผู้เป็นที่รักยิ่งดุจชีวิตของข้า

Word by Word

• परम्: further/otherwise
• परम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण), ‘further/otherwise’; (also analyzable as नपुंसक द्वितीया एकवचन, but here adverbial)

• मूर्तिः: form/image
• मूर्तिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; Genitive singular

• पूज्या: worthy to be worshipped
• पूज्या: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Predicative adjective agreeing with ‘मूर्तिः’ (worthy of worship)

• कुत्रापि: anywhere
• कुत्रापि: देशाधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय) + अपि (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण; ‘anywhere’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-निपात

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण (Agent/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण) एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• दूषिता: defiled/corrupted
• दूषिता: कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Past passive participle agreeing with ‘भार्या’

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: कर्म (Patient; in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular

• ब्राह्मणी: a Brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मणी: समानााधिकरण (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular (apposition to ‘भार्या’)

• प्राणसंमता: dear as life
• प्राणसंमता: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राण + संमत (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (प्राणैः संमता = dear as life), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular qualifying ‘भार्या’

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (a wronged husband/authority figure addressing a deity; narrative suggests a curse/edict context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowful brāhmaṇa speaks of his beloved brāhmaṇī wife; Indra is shown as the offender; in the background, abandoned or shuttered shrines to Indra symbolize the declared non-worship elsewhere.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grave adharma—especially violation of a protected person—brings severe consequences that reshape worship and reputation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the surrounding tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse introduces a restriction on worship and motivates a substitute form described later.