Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ऊचुश्च पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ न त्वमर्हसि संगमम् । कर्तुं सार्धमिहास्माभिर्ब्रह्महत्या न्वितो यतः

Transliteration

ūcuśca pārthivaśreṣṭha na tvamarhasi saṃgamam | kartuṃ sārdhamihāsmābhirbrahmahatyā nvito yataḥ

Translation

Họ nói: “Ôi bậc tối thượng trong hàng vua chúa, ngài không xứng đáng giao du và hòa nhập nơi đây với chúng tôi, vì ngài đã bị vấy bẩn bởi tội brahmahatyā (sát hại Bà-la-môn).”

Word by Word

• ऊचुः: they said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठः पार्थिवः’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अर्हसि: are fit/deserve
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संगमम्: association/meeting
• संगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana/Anvaya (Complement of ‘arhasi’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to do/to make’

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• सार्धम्: Sahārtha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक (adverb: ‘together/with’)

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• अस्माभिः: with us/by us
• अस्माभिः: Sahakāraka (Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्महत्या: with (the sin of) brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्या: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (हेतौ: ‘because of/with’)

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘tvam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘endowed/possessed’

• यतः: since/because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कारणार्थक (indeclinable: ‘because/since’)

Speaker

Unnamed people/attendants (addressing the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group addresses the king respectfully yet firmly, palms raised in a prohibitive gesture; the king stands apart, marked by the stigma of brahmahatyā; the setting suggests a sacred gathering near a tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serious moral transgressions create ritual and social impurity that must be addressed through dharmic expiation before sacred fellowship is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets up the tīrtha-framework in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but does not name a single site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; the need for prāyaścitta is implied by the mention of brahmahatyā.