Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

उत्पाट्यते ततो जिह्वा सन्दंशैर्व ह्निसम्भवैः । स्वकार्ये येऽनृतं ब्रूयुस्तद्गात्रं खाद्यते श्वभिः

Transliteration

utpāṭyate tato jihvā sandaṃśairva hnisambhavaiḥ | svakārye ye'nṛtaṃ brūyustadgātraṃ khādyate śvabhiḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ลิ้นของพวกเขาจะถูกดึงออกมาด้วยคีมที่เกิดจากไฟ ผู้ที่กล่าวคำเท็จเพื่อผลประโยชน์ของตน ร่างกายของพวกเขาจะถูกสุนัขกัดกิน

Word by Word

• उत्पाट्यते: is torn out
• उत्पाट्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut + pāṭ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Desh-Kal (Source/Time marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/thereupon’

• जिह्वा: tongue
• जिह्वा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jihvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सन्दंशैः: with pincers/tongs
• सन्दंशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• व: indeed; just
• व: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: va (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘इव/एव’ अर्थे, यहाँ ‘indeed/just’

• अग्नि-सम्भवैः: born of fire; fiery
• अग्नि-सम्भवैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (‘अग्निसम्भव’ = अग्नितः सम्भूत) ; ‘सन्दंशैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• स्व-कार्ये: in one’s own matter
• स्व-कार्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘स्वस्य कार्ये’ = in one’s own affair)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• अनृतम्: falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ब्रूयुः: should speak; speak
• ब्रूयुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• तद्-गात्रम्: their body
• तद्-गात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (‘तस्य गात्रम्’ = his body/limb)

• खाद्यते: is eaten
• खाद्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khād (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• श्वभिः: by dogs
• श्वभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Infernal tribunal: fire-born tongs tear out tongues; elsewhere dogs consume bodies of those who lied for gain. The imagery centers on the organ of speech as karmic instrument.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvartaka-naraka (context continuation)
• Dogs (śva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech used for selfish deception is treated as a serious violation of dharma; satya (truthfulness) is upheld as a foundational virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a dharma instruction within the larger tīrthamāhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit dāna/vrata is stated here; it describes the karmic consequence of lying.