Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

जातमात्रेण बालेन मया पादौ निरीक्षितौ । तातस्य सहसा दग्धौ ततोऽहं वारितोंऽबया

Transliteration

jātamātreṇa bālena mayā pādau nirīkṣitau | tātasya sahasā dagdhau tato'haṃ vāritoṃ'bayā

Translation

جب میں ابھی نوزائیدہ بچہ تھا، میں نے اپنے باپ کے قدموں کی طرف دیکھا؛ فوراً وہ جل گئے۔ پھر میری ماں نے مجھے روک دیا۔

Word by Word

• jāta-mātreṇa: by/when (I was) just born
• jāta-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/condition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (jan धातु, क्त) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (जातं मात्रम् = ‘just born’)

• bālena: by a child (me), as a child
• bālena: Karana (Instrument; ‘as a child’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• pādau: (his) two feet
• pādau: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन

• nirīkṣitau: looked at
• nirīkṣitau: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) ‘निरीक्षित’, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; (pādau) विशेषण

• tātasya: of (my) father
• tātasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: suddenly/at once)

• dagdhau: were burnt
• dagdhau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dah (दह् धातु)
• Form: दग्ध (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; (pādau) विशेषण

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereupon; ablatival adverb)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vāritaḥ: was restrained, was stopped
• vāritaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛ (वृ धातु)
• Form: वारित (णिच् causative √vṛ ‘to restrain’ + क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• ambayā: by (my) mother
• ambayā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newborn child’s glance burns the father’s feet; the mother urgently intervenes, embodying protective compassion amid a flash of fiery tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Innate power requires guidance; maternal counsel becomes a safeguard against harm to others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is named; it is a mythic backstory embedded within the Mahātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it recounts an incident establishing the danger of Śani’s glance.