Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
यवमध्यः कृशग्रीवः पिंगाक्षो भुग्ननासिकः । कृष्णांगः शंकुवर्णश्च दुर्गंधेन समावृतः
Transliteration
yavamadhyaḥ kṛśagrīvaḥ piṃgākṣo bhugnanāsikaḥ | kṛṣṇāṃgaḥ śaṃkuvarṇaśca durgaṃdhena samāvṛtaḥ
Translation
اس کی کمر تنگ، گردن دبلی، آنکھیں زرد مائل، ناک ٹوٹی ہوئی ہو گئی؛ اعضا سیاہ، رنگ پھیکا، اور بدبو نے اسے ڈھانپ لیا۔
Word by Word
यवमध्यःwith a slender (barley-like) waist
यवमध्यः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयव + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (having barley-like waist/middle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
कृशग्रीवःthin-necked
कृशग्रीवः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृश + ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (thin-necked), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
पिङ्गाक्षःbrown/tawny-eyed
पिङ्गाक्षः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपिङ्ग + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (tawny-eyed), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
भुग्ननासिकःwith a crooked/broken nose
भुग्ननासिकः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभुग्न + नासिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (broken/bent-nosed), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
कृष्णाङ्गःdark-bodied
कृष्णाङ्गः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (black-limbed/dark-bodied), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
शङ्कुवर्णःof a cone-like/pale color
शङ्कुवर्णः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशङ्कु + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (cone-like color; pale/pointed-hued), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
दुर्गन्धेनwith foul smell
दुर्गन्धेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
समावृतःcovered, enveloped
समावृतः:
Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-वृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A once-regal figure now shown with emaciated neck, broken nose, tawny eyes, dark limbs, pallor and a visible aura of stench; onlookers recoil, emphasizing social ostracism.
Characters & Entities
K
King (described)FAQs
Outer degradation symbolizes inner fall: adharma manifests as loss of dignity and well-being.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this descriptive verse.
None.