Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि चास्माकं बाह्य एव भविष्यसि । सुशीलोऽपि हि दुःशीलो नाम्ना संकीर्त्यसे बुधैः

Transliteration

tasmāttvamapi cāsmākaṃ bāhya eva bhaviṣyasi | suśīlo'pi hi duḥśīlo nāmnā saṃkīrtyase budhaiḥ

Translation

Vì thế, ngươi cũng sẽ bị loại ra khỏi cộng đồng của chúng ta. Dẫu mang tên Suśīla, các bậc hiền trí sẽ xưng ngươi bằng danh ‘Duḥśīla’.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/from that reason)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बाह्यः: an outsider
• बाह्यः: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सुशीलः: Suśīla
• सुशीलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुशील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपवाद/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (even/also)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis/Reason (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/कारणसूचक-अव्यय (indeed/for)

• दुःशीलः: ill-natured
• दुःशीलः: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःशील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular) — विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular) — 'by name'

• संकीर्त्यसे: you are called
• संकीर्त्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) — 'you are called/celebrated'

• बुधैः: by the wise
• बुधैः: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (Dvijas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇas pronounce excommunication; Suśīla stands isolated at the edge of the assembly, his name symbolically inverted—‘Suśīla’ to ‘Duḥśīla’—as onlookers avert their gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Suśīla
• Duḥśīla (as epithet)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Budhas (the wise)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Moral identity is upheld as conduct-based: a good name without good conduct is reversed by the judgment of the wise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it advances the moral narrative within the tīrtha chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a pronouncement of social-religious exclusion and reputational reversal.