Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

नैव किंचिदसत्यं स्यान्न च निंदाकरं तथा । श्रूयते च यतः श्लोकः पूर्वाचार्यैरुदाहृतः

Transliteration

naiva kiṃcidasatyaṃ syānna ca niṃdākaraṃ tathā | śrūyate ca yataḥ ślokaḥ pūrvācāryairudāhṛtaḥ

Translation

ইয়াত একোৱেই অসত্য নহয়, আৰু কোনো প্ৰকাৰেই নিন্দনীয়ো নহয়; কিয়নো পূৰ্বাচাৰ্যসকলে উচ্চাৰণ কৰা এটা শ্লোক শুনা যায়।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle: indeed/at all)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karta (Subject of syāt)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (anything)

• असत्यम्: untrue
• असत्यम्: Predicative complement (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (untrue)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: nor/not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

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

• निन्दा-करम्: causing blame
• निन्दा-करम्: Predicative complement (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (निन्दां करोति इति)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/likewise)

• श्रूयते: is heard/recited
• श्रूयते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is heard/is recited)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय/यद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (because/for)

• श्लोकः: a verse
• श्लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूर्व-आचार्यैः: by former teachers
• पूर्व-आचार्यैः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (पूर्वे आचार्याः)

• उदाहृतः: has been quoted
• उदाहृतः: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+आ+√हृ (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been cited/uttered)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suputradā (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder teacher recites an old śloka to a gathered audience by the pond; listeners fold hands; a palm-leaf manuscript is visible; the atmosphere is calm, emphasizing tradition and credibility.

Characters & Entities

• pūrvācārya (ancient teachers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as trustworthy tradition, supported by the testimony of earlier ācāryas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing praise concerns the Suputradā/Putradā tīrtha and its fruit, defended as authentic.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it asserts the reliability and non-blameworthiness of the preceding tīrtha teaching.