Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

अहो पापात्मनां पुंसां संभविष्यंति योषितः । यासामीदृक्समाचारो द्विजवंशोद्भवास्वपि

Transliteration

aho pāpātmanāṃ puṃsāṃ saṃbhaviṣyaṃti yoṣitaḥ | yāsāmīdṛksamācāro dvijavaṃśodbhavāsvapi

Translation

“ہائے افسوس! گناہ گار مردوں سے عورتیں جنم لیتی ہیں؛ اور برہمن نسل میں پیدا ہونے والیوں کا بھی چال چلن ایسا ہو سکتا ہے!”

Word by Word

• अहो: alas!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विस्मय/खेदसूचक) = interjection 'alas!/oh!'

• पाप-आत्मनाम्: of sinful-souled (men)
• पाप-आत्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (पापः आत्मा येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• पुंसाम्: of men
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• संभविष्यन्ति: will arise; will come to be
• संभविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (परस्मैपद) = Simple Future; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यासाम्: of whom
• यासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• ईदृक्: such; of this kind
• ईदृक्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण = qualifies समाचारः

• समाचारः: conduct; behavior
• समाचारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विज-वंश-उद्भवासु: even among those born in twice-born lineages
• द्विज-वंश-उद्भवासु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (द्विजानां वंशात् उद्भवाः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण = 'among those born in brāhmaṇa lineages' (locative plural)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि-भाव) = particle 'even/also'

Speaker

Jābāli (as the lamenting/censuring sage, per narrative flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on the sage’s face as he exclaims ‘aho’, hands raised in lament; the sacred seat behind him glows quietly, contrasting his turbulent words.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (twice-born/Brahmin lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse portrays a speaker’s distorted conclusion born of suffering; the surrounding dialogue (with Yoginīs) functions to correct such adharma-leaning generalizations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this line; it is part of the pīṭha-centered episode within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a lament/statement within a narrative exchange.