Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ऋचीक उवाच । यत्किंचिद्ब्रह्मतेजः स्यात्तन्न्यस्तं ते चरौ मया । क्षात्त्रं तेजश्च ते मातुर्व्यत्ययं च कथंचन । करोमि वाधमो लोके शास्त्र स्य च व्यतिक्रमम्

Transliteration

ṛcīka uvāca | yatkiṃcidbrahmatejaḥ syāttannyastaṃ te carau mayā | kṣāttraṃ tejaśca te māturvyatyayaṃ ca kathaṃcana | karomi vādhamo loke śāstra sya ca vyatikramam

Translation

رِچیکا نے کہا: ‘جو کچھ بھی برہمنانہ نور و جلال تھا، میں نے اسے تمہاری چَرو (یَجْن کی آہوتی) میں رکھ دیا۔ اور تمہاری ماں کے کشتریہ تیج میں—کسی نہ کسی طرح—الٹ پھیر کر ڈالا؛ اس طرح میں دنیا میں ملامت کا مستحق بنتا ہوں اور شاستر کے حکم کی خلاف ورزی کرتا ہوں۔’

Word by Word

• ṛcīkaḥ: Ṛcīka (name)
• ṛcīkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛcīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• kiṃcit: any (something)
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• brahma-tejaḥ: Brahmanical spiritual power
• brahma-tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ tejaḥ)

• syāt: may be / should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• nyastam: placed/deposited
• nyastam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√as (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• carau: in the sacrificial porridge (caru)
• carau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (वेदिक/काव्य-प्रयोगे); ‘चरु’ = पायस/हविः

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• kṣāttram: Kṣatriya nature/power
• kṣāttram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tejaḥ: splendor/energy
• tejaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mātuḥ: of (your) mother
• mātuḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vyatyayam: reversal/interchange
• vyatyayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• kathaṃcana: somehow / in any way
• kathaṃcana: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/अनिश्चित-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: somehow/in any way)

• karomi: I do / I cause
• karomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• adhamo: low/base (person)
• adhamo: Karta (Subject-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicative)

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

• śāstrasya: of the scripture/law
• śāstrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• vyatikramam: transgression/violation
• vyatikramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛcīka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Satyavatī (wife)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ṛcīka, austere and radiant, stands by a homa-kuṇḍa, confessing that he has placed brāhma-tejas into an oblation and caused a reversal of kṣātra-tejas; the fire glows with two-toned radiance, suggesting mixed destinies.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛcīka
• Śāstra
• Caru (oblation)
• Brahmatejas
• Kṣātra-tejas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful sages acknowledge śāstric limits; altering dhārmic order for personal requests is portrayed as a serious moral and scriptural breach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name is mentioned in this verse excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Caru (a cooked oblation) is referenced as a ritual medium through which tejas is symbolically ‘placed’ or transferred.