Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

भ्रमंत्यश्चैव हास्यानि चक्रुस्ता अपि योषितः । ततस्तु मुनयो दृष्ट्वा तासां दुःशीलभावनाम्

Transliteration

bhramaṃtyaścaiva hāsyāni cakrustā api yoṣitaḥ | tatastu munayo dṛṣṭvā tāsāṃ duḥśīlabhāvanām

Translation

เหล่าสตรีนั้นเที่ยวไปพลางก็ปล่อยตนในเสียงหัวเราะและการหยอกล้อ; ครั้นแล้วเหล่ามุนีเห็นความคิดและความประพฤติอันไม่งามของนางทั้งหลายก็รับรู้

Word by Word

• भ्रमन्त्यः: wandering (women)
• भ्रमन्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle, शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; धातु: भ्रम् (to wander)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हास्यानि: laughs, jokes
• हास्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• चक्रुः: they did/made
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमार्थक (then/from there)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), धातु: दृश् (to see)

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दुःशीलभावनाम्: their wicked disposition
• दुःशीलभावनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशील-भावना (प्रातिपदिक; घटक: दुःशील + भावना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (bad-conduct + disposition)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The women wander laughing and acting playfully; in the background, stern sages notice and assess their improper behavior, the mood shifting from lightness to impending reprimand.

Characters & Entities

• Munayaḥ (sages)
• Ṛṣipatnyaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is recognized through conduct (śīla); when behavior turns frivolous and improper, the wise perceive the decline and respond to restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse alone; it functions as part of a broader tīrtha-māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive within the story.