Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

यदि मां त्वं दुराचार धर्षयिष्यसि वीर्यतः । शतधा तव मूर्धाऽयं सद्य एव भविष्यति

Transliteration

yadi māṃ tvaṃ durācāra dharṣayiṣyasi vīryataḥ | śatadhā tava mūrdhā'yaṃ sadya eva bhaviṣyati

Translation

اے بدکار! اگر تو نے زبردستی میری عزت لوٹنے کی کوشش کی، تو اسی لمحے تیرے سر کے سو ٹکڑے ہو جائیں گے۔

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-समुच्चय (conditional particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative singular)

• दुराचार: O evil-doer
• दुराचार: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durācāra (प्रातिपदिक: dur- + ācāra)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रयोग; पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative singular)

• धर्षयिष्यसि: you will violate/assault
• धर्षयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); मध्यम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वीर्यतः: by force, with strength
• वीर्यतः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘-तः’ = “by/through, from (power)”

• शतधा: into a hundred parts
• शतधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: धा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (distributive adverb)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive singular)

• मूर्धा: head
• मूर्धा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative singular)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages; (within episode) Takṣaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa maiden confronts the nāga Takṣaka, raising a hand in warning; the threat of the head splitting into a hundred fragments is visualized as a divine, instantaneous force surrounding the offender.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• Takṣaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma met with force invites immediate ruin; dharma protects the vulnerable through the power of truth and righteous resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this line; it is part of the episode embedded in the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.