Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

शांडिल्युवाच । मम वक्त्रं समालोक्य स्मितं चक्रे जनार्दन । स्त्रीनिंदा विहितानेन स्वमत्यापि जगद्गुरो

Transliteration

śāṃḍilyuvāca | mama vaktraṃ samālokya smitaṃ cakre janārdana | strīniṃdā vihitānena svamatyāpi jagadguro

Translation

ศาณฑิลยะกล่าวว่า: “โอ้ชนารทนะ เมื่อเขามองใบหน้าของข้า เขาก็ยิ้มเยาะ แต่โอ้คุรุแห่งโลก ด้วยความเห็นผิดของตนเอง เขาได้ก่อโทษแห่งการติเตียนสตรี”

Word by Word

• शांडिल्यः: Śāṇḍilya
• शांडिल्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वक्त्रम्: face/mouth
• वक्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समालोक्य: having looked at
• समालोक्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लोक् (धातु) → समालोक्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• स्मितम्: a smile
• स्मितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्रे: made/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• जनार्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• स्त्रीनिन्दा: censure of women
• स्त्रीनिन्दा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री-निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विहिता: was done/committed
• विहिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्त्रीनिन्दा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अनेन: by this (person/act)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन

• स्वमत्या: by (his) own opinion
• स्वमत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

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

• जगद्गुरो: O teacher of the world
• जगद्गुरो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śāṇḍilya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Bhagavān (Janārdana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāṇḍilya recounts the offender’s smile while looking at him, emphasizing the deliberate nature of the insult and the fault of censuring women; Janārdana listens as jagad-guru.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilya
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guarding one’s speech and attitudes—especially avoiding strī-nindā—is presented as a crucial aspect of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed here; it establishes the ethical fault that motivates later remedial instruction.