Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यावत्तस्य न दुष्टस्य मम पुत्रांतकारिणः । सदारपुत्रभृत्यस्य विहितो न परिक्षयः

Transliteration

yāvattasya na duṣṭasya mama putrāṃtakāriṇaḥ | sadāraputrabhṛtyasya vihito na parikṣayaḥ

Translation

“جب تک اُس بدکار—میرے بیٹے کے قاتل—کے لیے، اس کی بیوی، اولاد اور خادموں سمیت، ہلاکت کا حکم مقرر نہ ہو، میں یہ نذرانہ ادا نہ کروں گا۔”

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Kala/Avadhi (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-सम्बन्धबोधक (correlative: as long as/until)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• दुष्टस्य: of the wicked one
• दुष्टस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular; विशेषणम् (qualifying putrāṃtakāriṇaḥ / sadāraputrabhṛtyasya)

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

• पुत्रान्तकारिणः: of the killer of (my) son
• पुत्रान्तकारिणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रान्तकारिन् (प्रातिपदिक) [पुत्र+अन्त+कारिन्]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रस्य अन्तं करोति)

• सदारपुत्रभृत्यस्य: of him who has wife, sons, and servants
• सदारपुत्रभृत्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदारपुत्रभृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) [स+दार+पुत्र+भृत्य]
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular; समाहार/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (दारैः पुत्रैः भृत्यैः सह/युक्तः)

• विहितः: appointed/ordained
• विहितः: Kriya (Predicative state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicative)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• परिक्षयः: destruction/ruin
• परिक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

A bereaved father (contextual narrative figure; name not stated in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A charged oath: the speaker invokes total ruin for the killer’s household; nāga retinue listens, the atmosphere heavy, with ritual water-offering suspended mid-act.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse highlights the Purāṇic theme that grave wrongdoing (especially killing) invites ruin, and that unresolved injustice can obstruct social-ritual reconciliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No positive prescription is given; rather, a ritual act (offering water) is withheld until the wrongdoer’s punishment is realized.