Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 126
Devanagari script
नापराध्यामि ते किंचिदहं ब्राह्मणसत्तम । संरंभात्तत्किमर्थं मां जिघांससि वयोऽधिकम्
Transliteration
nāparādhyāmi te kiṃcidahaṃ brāhmaṇasattama | saṃraṃbhāttatkimarthaṃ māṃ jighāṃsasi vayo'dhikam
Translation
“اے برہمنوں میں افضل! میں نے تمہارے خلاف کوئی جرم نہیں کیا۔ پھر اچانک جوشِ غضب میں تم مجھے—ایک بوڑھے کو—کیوں مارنا چاہتے ہو؟”
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
aparādhyāmiI offend, I commit a fault
aparādhyāmi:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootapa-√rādh (राध्) (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
teto you
te:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (Dative/Genitive), एकवचन; संदर्भे चतुर्थी (to you)
kiṃcitanything
kiṃcit:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाण (indefinite)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
brāhmaṇasattamaO best of Brahmins
brāhmaṇasattama:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठः ब्राह्मणः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन
saṃraṃbhātfrom anger, from impetuosity
saṃraṃbhāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃraṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन
tattherefore/that
tat:
Sambandha (Discourse deictic/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः (therefore/that being so)
kimwhat
kim:
Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
arthampurpose, reason
artham:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'किमर्थम्' इति प्रश्नार्थक-प्रयोगः
māmme
mām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन
jighāṃsasiyou wish to kill
jighāṃsasi:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√han (हन्) (धातु)
Formसन्नन्त-धातु (desiderative: जिघांस्), लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
vayaḥ-adhikamolder (greater in age)
vayaḥ-adhikam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvayas (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वयसः अधिकम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषणम् (qualifying 'mām')
Speaker
Pannaga (the serpent)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Close exchange: the serpent, visibly old, speaks with a calm, pleading expression; the brāhmaṇa’s raised staff hesitates mid-air, his face conflicted.
Characters & Entities
B
brāhmaṇa-sattama (addressed person)P
pannaga (serpent)FAQs
Dharma requires proportional response and inquiry; rage without cause becomes adharma.
The verse belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the tīrtha is not explicitly named in this line.
None; it is a moral-ethical dialogue.