Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

अथासौ संपरित्यक्ता संस्पर्शान्मम निद्रया । चौररूपं परिज्ञाय मां शिष्यं प्ररुरोद ह

Transliteration

athāsau saṃparityaktā saṃsparśānmama nidrayā | caurarūpaṃ parijñāya māṃ śiṣyaṃ praruroda ha

Translation

Rồi nàng choàng tỉnh, bị sự chạm của ta làm kinh động. Nhận ra ta mang dáng vẻ như kẻ trộm, nàng kêu lên: “(Đó là) đệ tử của ngài!”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• असौ: she (that woman)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; (सा) इत्यर्थे

• संपरित्यक्ता: having been left/abandoned (i.e., separated)
• संपरित्यक्ता: Kriya (State/मुख्यवृत्ति)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-परि-त्यज् (धातु) → संपरित्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे—‘being abandoned/separated’

• संस्पर्शात्: from contact/touch
• संस्पर्शात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• निद्रया: by sleep
• निद्रया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• चौररूपम्: the form of a thief
• चौररूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (चौरस्य रूपम्)

• परिज्ञाय: having recognized
• परिज्ञाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• शिष्यम्: disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; माम् इति समानाधिकरण (me, (as) a disciple)

• प्ररुरोद: wept/cried out
• प्ररुरोद: Kriya (Main action/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/indeed)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (continuing the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman awakens in alarm at the touch, sees the disciple in a thief-like form, and cries out, identifying him as the guru’s disciple; the forest night is charged with shock and moral revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava’s wife
• śiṣya (disciple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma cannot remain hidden; wrongdoing is exposed, and dharma calls for immediate appeal to rightful protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative segment within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse centers on recognition of wrongdoing and calling for protection.