Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
Devanagari script
तत्किमेतद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ तेजो हानिरतीव मे । मंत्रिणोऽपि तथा पुत्रा न स्पृशंति यतोऽद्य माम्
Transliteration
tatkimetaddvijaśreṣṭha tejo hāniratīva me | maṃtriṇo'pi tathā putrā na spṛśaṃti yato'dya mām
Translation
นี่คืออะไรเล่า โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ? รัศมีเดชของข้าพเจ้าร่วงโรยยิ่งนัก วันนี้แม้เสนาบดีและบุตรทั้งหลายก็ไม่แตะต้องข้าพเจ้า
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (interrogative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
द्विजश्रेष्ठO best of Brahmins
द्विजश्रेष्ठ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘best among twice-born’)
तेजःsplendour / vitality
तेजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
हानिःloss / decline
हानिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहानि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
अतीवexcessively / greatly
अतीव:
Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), अतिशयार्थ (intensifier)
मेof me / my
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat. 6th/4th), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (of me)
मन्त्रिणःministers
मन्त्रिणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन
अपिalso / even
अपि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थ (also/even)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), प्रकारार्थ (in that manner)
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (negation particle)
स्पृशन्तिtouch
स्पृशन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
यतःbecause
यतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction/adverb), हेत्वर्थ (because/wherefrom)
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), कालवाचक (temporal)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
Speaker
The king (rājā/pārthiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king questions a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage; courtiers and sons stand at a distance with averted faces, emphasizing untouchability and diminished aura.
Characters & Entities
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VasiṣṭhaFAQs
Spiritual radiance (tejas) declines through adharma, and society instinctively withdraws from severe impurity until purification is undertaken.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; it is a question prompting the sage’s diagnosis and remedy.