Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

विश्वासघातकानां च कृतघ्नानां च यद्भवेत् । तेन पापेन लिप्येऽहं नागच्छामि पुनर्यदि

Transliteration

viśvāsaghātakānāṃ ca kṛtaghnānāṃ ca yadbhavet | tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi

Translation

บาปใดที่ตกแก่ผู้ทรยศต่อความไว้วางใจ และบาปใดที่ตกแก่ผู้เนรคุณ—ขอให้บาปนั้นเปื้อนข้าพเจ้า หากข้าพเจ้าไม่กลับมาอีก

Word by Word

• विश्वासघातकानाम्: of the betrayers of trust
• विश्वासघातकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वास-घातक (प्रातिपदिक; विश्वास + घातक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वासस्य घातकः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कृतघ्नानाम्: of the ungrateful
• कृतघ्नानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever (sin)
• यत्: Karma/Pratijñā (Object/Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• भवेत्: may be / might occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• पापेन: by the sin
• पापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• लिप्ये: I am tainted / I am smeared
• लिप्ये: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense: ‘I am tainted’)

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

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

• आगच्छामि: I come / I go (to)
• आगच्छामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

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

Speaker

Nandinī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, hands folded, stands before a sacred water/temple threshold, uttering a solemn saṅkalpa: ‘If I do not return, may I bear the sin of betrayers and the ungrateful.’ The atmosphere is austere and vow-bound.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma condemns betrayal and ingratitude; integrity in relationships is portrayed as spiritually weighty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse supports the narrative ethos within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical assertion within an oath.