Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

न प्रेतत्वं च लोकानां मृतानां तत्र जायते । न चापि नरके वासो न च रोगव्यथा क्वचित्

Transliteration

na pretatvaṃ ca lokānāṃ mṛtānāṃ tatra jāyate | na cāpi narake vāso na ca rogavyathā kvacit

Translation

هناك لا تنشأ للموتى حالة «بريتا» القلقة الهائمة؛ ولا يكون مقامٌ في الجحيم، ولا توجد آلامُ المرض في أيّ موضع.

Word by Word

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

• pretatvam: state of being a preta (ghostly state)
• pretatvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• lokānām: of people / of the worlds’ beings
• lokānām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• mṛtānām: of the dead
• mṛtānām: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √mṛ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (lokānām)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• jāyate: arises / occurs
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• narake: in hell
• narake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• vāsaḥ: dwelling / residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• na: nor / not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• roga-vyathā: disease and suffering
• roga-vyathā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga + vyathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (two coordinated nouns)

• kvacit: anywhere / at any place
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous tīrtha-ghāṭa at dawn: pilgrims bathing; above, subtle imagery of a departing soul becoming radiant (no preta-shadow), with Yama’s realm receding into darkness; healing herbs and calm faces suggest ārogya.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a supremely holy place is depicted as purifying karmic residues that lead to preta-hood, naraka, and debilitating suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact site name is not present in the supplied verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated here; it emphasizes the spiritual outcome attributed to the tīrtha’s sanctity.