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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

ततः स कथयामास पूर्वदेहसमुद्भवम् । मलिम्लुचस्ततो नूनं शिवरात्रिसमुद्भवम्

tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa pūrvadehasamudbhavam | malimlucastato nūnaṃ śivarātrisamudbhavam

Rồi ông thuật lại điều phát sinh từ thân trước của mình—rằng quả thật cảnh ngộ bị xem là kẻ ngoài giai cấp ấy đã sinh khởi do mối liên hệ với nghi lễ Śivarātri.

ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रमार्थक-अव्यय (then)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
कथयामासnarrated
कथयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कथ् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect; periphrastic), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
पूर्वदेहसमुद्भवम्arising from a former body (previous life)
पूर्वदेहसमुद्भवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व + देह + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-तत्पुरुष (पूर्वस्य देहस्य समुद्भवः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (कथयामास) कर्म
मलिम्लुचःa malimluca (outcaste/impure person)
मलिम्लुचः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमलिम्लुच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (अत्र विषय/कर्ता-निर्देशः)
ततःthereupon
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रमार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)
नूनम्surely
नूनम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय
शिवरात्रिसमुद्भवम्arising from (the rite of) Śivarātri
शिवरात्रिसमुद्भवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिवरात्रि + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवरात्रेः समुद्भवः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (कथयामास) कर्म; पूर्वपदं 'शिवरात्रि' स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक

Narrator (context indicates Bhartṛyajña continuing the account to the king)

Scene: A penitent figure narrates his former-life origin; sages listen gravely. Visual contrast: shadowy imagery of a past act and the present confession under a Śiva emblem (liṅga, trident, crescent moon).

Ś
Śivarātri

FAQs

Past actions and sacred observances shape one’s destiny; Śivarātri is presented as a decisive karmic cause in Purāṇic ethics.

This verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but no specific tīrtha name appears in this line.

Śivarātri is referenced as the causative sacred observance; details of the rite are clarified in adjacent verses.

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