Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा लज्जयाविष्टः कृपया चाथ सन्मुनिः । तमूचे सर्वदेवानां प्रत्यक्षं पाकशासनम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā lajjayāviṣṭaḥ kṛpayā cātha sanmuniḥ | tamūce sarvadevānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ pākaśāsanam

Translation

یہ سن کر نیک مُنی شرم سے گھِر گیا، مگر کرپا سے پُر ہو کر اُس نے سب دیوتاؤں کے سامنے ظاہر کھڑے پاکا شاسن اندَر سے کہا۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that (speech/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘श्रुत्वा’ = having heard

• लज्जया: with shame; out of shame
• लज्जया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (instrumental: ‘with/by shame’)

• आविष्टः: overcome; seized
• आविष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle/भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘आविष्टः’ = possessed/overcome

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘then/now’)

• सन्: noble; good
• सन्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (good/noble)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऊचे: said; spoke
• ऊचे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (आर्ष-रूप ‘ऊचे’ = ‘said’)

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वे देवाः’)

• प्रत्यक्षम्: manifest; directly present
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (here: qualifying ‘पाकशासनम्’)

• पाकशासनम्: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक) + शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पाकस्य शासनम्’); इन्द्रस्य नाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual), introducing Gautama’s response to Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate sage, slightly downcast in modest shame, addresses Indra standing visibly before the gathered gods, establishing a solemn counsel in a celestial court.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Pākaśāsana
• Sarvadeva
• Sage (Gautama implied by later verses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when a wrong has occurred, a righteous person responds with humility and compassion, guiding the offender toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya passage in Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 207); the specific tīrtha is established by the surrounding verses rather than this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces the sage’s speech that leads into the Pañcarātra worship/mahotsava benefits.