Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

न मया दर्शनं भूयस्तव कार्यं कथंचन । न स्थातव्यं च देशेऽपि यदि मे वांछसि प्रियम्

Transliteration

na mayā darśanaṃ bhūyastava kāryaṃ kathaṃcana | na sthātavyaṃ ca deśe'pi yadi me vāṃchasi priyam

Translation

لا تسعَ أن أراك بعد اليوم بأي وجهٍ كان؛ ولا تمكث في هذه البلاد أيضًا—إن كنت تريد ما هو عزيزٌ عليّ.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle) = not

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे/हेतौ (by me)

• दर्शनम्: seeing, meeting
• दर्शनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (object of implied verb ‘to be done/allowed’)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक) = again, further

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: to be done; duty
• कार्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थः: duty/thing to be done; अत्र निषेधवाक्ये (not to be done)

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-प्रबलक/प्रकारवाचक) = in any way/at all

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• स्थातव्यम्: should be stayed (must stay)
• स्थातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त, gerundive/obligatory) √स्था; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः: must be stayed/should stay (here: should not stay)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = and

• देशे: in the country
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अप्यर्थ/अवधारण) = even/also

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional) = if

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• वांछसि: you desire
• वांछसि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थः: you desire

• प्रियम्: what is dear (to me)
• प्रियम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; अर्थः: what is dear/pleasing (object of वांछसि)

Speaker

Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma’s face still wet with tears, yet his hand signals ‘do not return’; Lakṣmaṇa stands motionless, absorbing the finality; the palace doorway frames the separation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma sometimes demands strict boundaries and painful separation to uphold a higher order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.