Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततस्तं व्याधिना ग्रस्तं पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जितम् । दायादाः सहसोपेता राज्यं जह्रुस्ततः परम्

Transliteration

tatastaṃ vyādhinā grastaṃ putrapautravivarjitam | dāyādāḥ sahasopetā rājyaṃ jahrustataḥ param

Translation

پھر وہ بیماری میں مبتلا ہوا اور بیٹوں اور پوتوں سے محروم رہ گیا؛ تب اس کے قرابت دار فوراً جمع ہوئے اور اس سے سلطنت چھین لے گئے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• vyādhinā: by disease
• vyādhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• grastam: afflicted/seized
• grastam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gras (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘seized/afflicted’

• putra-pautra-vivarjitam: deprived of sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-vivarjitam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (वि+वृज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: समास: पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जित (Tatpurusha; ‘putra-pautra’ as object of ‘vivarjita’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण

• dāyādāḥ: heirs/kinsmen
• dāyādāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāyāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• sahasā: suddenly/forcibly
• sahasā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘suddenly/forcibly/at once’

• upetāḥ: having come/assembled
• upetāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa + i (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘having come/approached, accompanied’

• rājyam: the kingdom
• rājyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• jahruḥ: they took away
• jahruḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (sequence adverb): ‘thereafter’

• param: afterwards/further
• param: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), ‘afterwards/further’

Speaker

Narrator (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suparṇākhyā-kṣetra (implied by narrative flow)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A once-royal figure lies weakened by disease as kinsmen assemble in a courtly hall and seize royal insignia; the crown and parasol pass to others while the king’s gaze turns inward.

Characters & Entities

• disease (vyādhi)
• heirs/kinsmen (dāyāda)
• kingdom (rājya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without dharma is unstable; adharma culminates in suffering, isolation, and the loss of sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not specify a tīrtha; it continues the didactic narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates consequences rather than prescribing a rite.