Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नायं स्थास्यति हर्म्ये स्वे मोहमायाविवर्जितः । तस्माद्गच्छतु मा स्नेहं त्वं कुरुष्वास्य संभवम्

Transliteration

nāyaṃ sthāsyati harmye sve mohamāyāvivarjitaḥ | tasmādgacchatu mā snehaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣvāsya saṃbhavam

Translation

«لن يمكث في قصره وبيته، لأنه منزّه عن الوهم وعن المايا (māyā). فدعه يذهب؛ لا تتعلّق به بتعلّقٍ عاطفي—بل أتمِم ما يجب عليك بشأن مجيئه إلى الحياة».

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ayam: this (man/person)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sthāsyati: will stay/stand
• sthāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• harmye: in the mansion/house
• harmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harmya (हर्म्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• sve: in his own
• sve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (harmye)

• mohamāyā-vivarjitaḥ: free from delusion and illusion
• mohamāyā-vivarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: moha (मोह प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (माया प्रातिपदिक) + vi-√vṛj (विवर्ज् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: समासः: मोह-माया- (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-निर्देश), विवर्जित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ayam)

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gacchatu: let (him) go
• gacchatu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle, esp. with imperative)

• sneham: affection/attachment
• sneham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (स्नेह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• kuruṣva: do/make
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• asya: of him/of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (अस्य = इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃbhavam: welfare/prosperity; proper outcome
• saṃbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (सम्भव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (continuing the address)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, instructive moment: an elder/authority counsels a family member not to cling to a detached soul who will not remain in the palace; the atmosphere is restrained, ethical, and inward.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Bhagavān
• Vyāsa
• Śuka
• Māyā
• Moha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Non-attachment is dharma when a soul is divinely oriented; love must mature into letting-go.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is directly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only broadly: complete what is appropriate regarding the child’s worldly formalities; no specific ritual steps are listed.