Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

यत्र त्वया तपस्तप्तं भीत्या सर्वदिवौकसाम् । अपि चौर्येण चास्माकं तपस्तपति तादृशम्

Transliteration

yatra tvayā tapastaptaṃ bhītyā sarvadivaukasām | api cauryeṇa cāsmākaṃ tapastapati tādṛśam

Translation

ณ สถานที่แห่งนั้นที่ท่านได้บำเพ็ญตบะจนเหล่าทวยเทพหวาดกลัว บัดนี้ด้วยการลักลอบกระทำ ตบะในลักษณะเดียวกันกำลังแผดเผาพวกเรา

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb) — where

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘त्वया’ = by you

• tapas: austerity
• tapas: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — here as object with ‘तप्तम्’

• taptam: performed/undertaken
• taptam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tap (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘तप्तम्’

• bhītyā: out of fear
• bhītyā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• sarva-divaukasām: of all the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• sarva-divaukasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + divaukas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वे दिवौकसः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय) — also/even

• cauryeṇa: by theft
• cauryeṇa: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caurya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — ‘अस्माकम्’ = of us

• tapas: austerity
• tapas: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tapati: burns/torments
• tapati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tap (धातु)
• Form: लट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘तपति’

• tādṛśam: such (as that)
• tādṛśam: Karma (Extent/परिमाण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (implicit object/extent)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense exchange: unseen or semi-visible devas/guardians speak of fear caused by the sage’s tapas, and of a theft that now ‘burns’ as a retaliatory force; the kṣetra air shimmers with heat-like radiance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas gains power, but adharma such as theft can turn that same power into suffering and conflict; purity of conduct safeguards spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a moral assertion about the consequences of caurya (theft) versus tapas.