Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

विवस्त्रं स्नानसक्तानां दिवामैथुनगामिनाम् । यत्पापं तेन लिप्येऽहं नागच्छामि पुनर्यदि

Transliteration

vivastraṃ snānasaktānāṃ divāmaithunagāminām | yatpāpaṃ tena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi

Translation

"บาปใดเป็นของผู้ที่อาบน้ำโดยเปลือยกาย และผู้ที่เสพเมถุนในเวลากลางวัน ขอให้ข้าแปดเปื้อนด้วยบาปนั้น หากข้าไม่กลับมาอีกครั้ง"

Word by Word

• विवस्त्रम्: naked/without clothing
• विवस्त्रम्: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (predicate/attributive: ‘without clothes’)

• स्नानसक्तानाम्: of those attached to bathing
• स्नानसक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + सक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सञ्ज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); सप्तमी/तत्पुरुष-भाव (स्नाने सक्ताः)

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: by day)

• मैथुनगामिनाम्: of those who go to sexual intercourse
• मैथुनगामिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथुन (प्रातिपदिक) + गामिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; गम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मैथुनं गच्छन्ति)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana (Correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• लिप्ये: I am tainted
• लिप्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भाव (passive sense)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• आगच्छामि: I come
• आगच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

Speaker

Nandinī

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāghra (tiger)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandinī continues her oath, naming specific conduct-faults (improper naked bathing; daytime intercourse) as the sin she would incur if she fails to return; the scene remains a still moral courtroom in the forest.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links sacred life to restraint and propriety; vows are reinforced by recalling grave moral lapses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as part of a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Indirectly, it cautions against improper conduct around bathing and sensuality; no positive ritual is detailed.