Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

द्वितीय एष विप्रेंद्र महारौरवसंज्ञितः । कृतघ्नैः सेव्यते नित्यं तथा च गुरुतल्पगैः

Transliteration

dvitīya eṣa vipreṃdra mahārauravasaṃjñitaḥ | kṛtaghnaiḥ sevyate nityaṃ tathā ca gurutalpagaiḥ

Translation

اے برہمنوں میں افضل! یہ دوسرا دوزخ ہے جسے “مہارَورَو” کہا جاتا ہے۔ یہ ہمیشہ ناشکروں کا ٹھکانا ہے، اور اسی طرح اُن کا بھی جو اپنے گرو کی بستر کی حرمت توڑتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• द्वितीयः: the second
• द्वितीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); सर्वनाम

• विप्रेन्द्र: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular); 'विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः'

• महारौरवसंज्ञितः: named ‘Mahāraurava’
• महारौरवसंज्ञितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + रौरव + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) संज्ञि+त; 'महाराैरव-इति संज्ञा यस्य'

• कृतघ्नैः: by the ungrateful
• कृतघ्नैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• सेव्यते: is resorted to/inhabited
• सेव्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in that manner/also)

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

• गुरुतल्पगैः: by those who violate the guru’s bed
• गुरुतल्पगैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + तल्प + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural); 'गुरोः तल्पं गच्छन्ति' (teacher's-bed violators)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāraurava

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra / sudvija (a leading brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A labeled infernal realm ‘Mahāraurava’: sinners marked by symbols of betrayal (broken offering bowl for ingratitude; overturned teacher’s seat for guru-apacāra) are driven by karmic forces into a blazing, echoing pit.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāraurava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma warns that grave breaches of gratitude and guru-reverence lead to severe karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya section but here focuses on naraka-classification rather than naming a specific tīrtha in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is stated here; it is primarily a doctrinal warning about adharma.