Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इह लोके वियोगादीन्प्राप्य क्लेशान्सुदारुणान् । रौरवादिषु रौद्रेषु नरकेषु प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

iha loke viyogādīnprāpya kleśānsudāruṇān | rauravādiṣu raudreṣu narakeṣu prayāsyati

Translation

اسی دنیا میں وہ جدائی وغیرہ کی وجہ سے نہایت سخت مصیبتیں جھیلے گا؛ اور اس کے بعد رَورَوَ وغیرہ جیسے ہولناک دوزخوں میں جا پڑے گا۔

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वियोग-आदीन्: separations and the like
• वियोग-आदीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अव्ययीभाव-न; ‘आदि’ उत्तरपद: ‘and the like’)

• प्राप्य: having obtained/experienced
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• क्लेशान्: sufferings
• क्लेशान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• सुदारुणान्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (क्लेशान् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• रौरव-आदिषु: in Raurava and other (hells)
• रौरव-आदिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘रौरव’ इत्यादि-नरकनामसु)

• रौद्रेषु: terrible
• रौद्रेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (नरकेषु इति विशेष्यस्य)

• नरकेषु: in hells
• नरकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• प्रयास्यति: will go (to), will proceed
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

King (mahīpati) continuing the consequence for wrongdoing against Brahmin grantees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral-vision scene: the offender experiences separation and ruin in life; behind, a shadowy glimpse of Raurava—dark ravines, tormentors, and fearful cries—kept symbolic rather than graphic.

Characters & Entities

• Raurava (Naraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-violations carry consequences both seen (worldly suffering) and unseen (post-mortem punishment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the tīrtha-mahātmya by enforcing dharmic protection of sacred grants.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a deterrent statement describing karmic and naraka consequences.