Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

एतस्या अन्वयः पापो भविष्यति निशाचर । सत्यशौचपरित्यक्ताः शिष्टसंगविवर्जिताः

Transliteration

etasyā anvayaḥ pāpo bhaviṣyati niśācara | satyaśaucaparityaktāḥ śiṣṭasaṃgavivarjitāḥ

Translation

Hỡi kẻ lang thang trong đêm, ai còn gắn bó với dòng tộc của nàng sẽ trở nên tội lỗi—từ bỏ chân thật và thanh tịnh, lại thiếu vắng sự gần gũi với bậc hiền thiện.

Word by Word

• एतस्याः: of this (woman)
• एतस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अन्वयः: lineage / progeny
• अन्वयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पापः: sinful
• पापः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to अन्वयः)

• भविष्यति: will be / will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• निशाचर: O night-roamer (demon)
• निशाचर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Voc. 8), एकवचनम्

• सत्यशौचपरित्यक्ताः: having abandoned truth and purity
• सत्यशौचपरित्यक्ताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य + शौच + परित्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to implied ‘they’ = descendants); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• शिष्टसंगविवर्जिताः: deprived of the company of the virtuous
• शिष्टसंगविवर्जिताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट + संग + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: niśācara (night-roaming being)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-roaming being (niśācara) addressed by a radiant sādhvī; behind them, a fading family-tree motif whose leaves darken as satya and śauca are abandoned; virtuous sages stand at a distance, symbolizing lost śiṣṭa-saṅga.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association that abandons satya (truth) and śauca (purity) leads to pāpa (sin), while śiṣṭa-saṅga (company of the virtuous) protects dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is a moral warning within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical discipline—truth, purity, and keeping virtuous company.