Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

व्रतभंगप्रकर्तृणामनृतौ गामिनां च यत् । तेन पापेन लिप्येऽहं नागच्छामि पुनर्यदि

Transliteration

vratabhaṃgaprakartṛṇāmanṛtau gāmināṃ ca yat | tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi

Translation

บาปใดของผู้ทำลายวรตะ (ปฏิญาณศักดิ์สิทธิ์) และบาปใดของผู้ยึดถือความเท็จ—ขอให้บาปนั้นเปื้อนข้าพเจ้า หากข้าพเจ้าไม่กลับมาอีก

Word by Word

• व्रतभंगप्रकर्तृणाम्: of those who break vows
• व्रतभंगप्रकर्तृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत-भङ्ग-प्रकर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; व्रत + भङ्ग + प्रकर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (व्रतस्य भङ्गं प्रकुर्वन्ति ये)

• अनृतौ: in falsehood / regarding untruth
• अनृतौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in/with respect to falsehood)

• गामिनाम्: of those who go (resort)
• गामिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √गम् + इनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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

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

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

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

• लिप्ये: I am tainted
• लिप्ये: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः

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

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

• आगच्छामि: I come
• आगच्छामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

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

Speaker

Nandinī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim ties a sacred thread/cloth as a vow-marker, speaking before a shrine; behind, allegorical figures of ‘Vrata’ (steady) and ‘Anṛta’ (shadowy) contrast; the vow ‘I will return’ is central.

Characters & Entities

• Vrata (vow)
• Anṛta (falsehood)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata and satya are mutually reinforcing; breaking vows and embracing untruth are portrayed as spiritually ruinous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it supports the moral tone of the tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights the sanctity of vrata (religious observance) but does not specify a particular rite.